NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a lush, highly detailed landscape--the iconic Pillars of Creation--where new stars are forming within dense clouds of gas and dust. The three-dimensional pillars look like majestic rock formations, but are far more permeable. These columns are made up of cool interstellar gas and dust that appear--at times--semi-transparent in near-infrared light.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a lush, highly detailed landscape--the iconic Pillars of Creation--where new stars are forming within dense clouds of gas and dust. The three-dimensional pillars look like majestic rock formations, but are far more permeable. These columns are made up of cool interstellar gas and dust that appear--at times--semi-transparent in near-infrared light.
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