Awesome! That wasn't just "there". It was CREATED by God.
Probably inadvertently they are admitting that when they call it the "Pillars of Creation". We all know that Creation refers to Genesis and God. Man has never and will never "create" anything.
"It was CREATED by God."
According to who? Should the scientists accept that little feel good belief and deal with it, or try to study it in detail to find real answers?
Why not?
It was CREATED by God.
For what reason? According to the Bible's account, mankind will end before we could possibly reach that part of space, and before the stars being formed there could ever possibly be "born". Why would any deity create something so useless and irrelevant to the alleged purpose for his creation?
I don't know why astronomy pictures bring out the creator myth almost every time. That piece of modern mythology is not any better than the old myths it displaced. The same feeling can be had by viewing dewdrops on a spiderweb, and without the expense.