The Pillars of Creation in 3D

Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have created an amazing 3D image of the iconic 'Pillars of Creation', a 7000 light years-distant region of the Eagle Nebula made famous by the Hubble Space Telescope in the 1990s. They publish their work in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.   {youtube}KCH0ueZkXyw{/youtube}   This colour view was created from observations of the Pillars of Creation made with the MUSE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope. The...