Hubble Makes ‘Pillars Of Creation’ Look Better Than Ever

universetoday.com ^ | on January 6, 2015 | Elizabeth Howell

[BenLurkin]

Cool pics!

Impressive.

[PIF]

The Eagle Nebula’s pillars of creation captured in infrared light with the Hubble Space Telescope, in 2015. Credit: NASA, ESA/Hubble and the Hubble Heritage Team

2015 low res

Too large to post
2015 very hi res

[Rebelbase]

The tower is 9.5 light years tall.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks nothingnew and null and void, and from the FRchives:

• Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Hubble 25th Anniversary: Pillars of Creation
• Astronomy Picture of the Day -- M16 and the Eagle Nebula
• Astronomy Picture of the Day -- M16 and the Eagle Nebula
• Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Inside the Eagle Nebula
• The Mind-Boggling Story of the Galactic Wonder That Didn't Exist When We Saw It
• Astronomy Picture of the Day -- The Fairy of Eagle Nebula
• Astronomy Picture of the Day -- The Pillars of Eagle Castle
• Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Messier's Eleven
• Astronomy Picture of the Day -- The Eagle and The Swan
• Astronomy Picture of the Day -- M16: Pillars of Creation
• Astronomy Picture of the Day -- The Eagle Nebula from Kitt Peak
• Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Inside the Eagle Nebula
• Astronomy Picture of the Day -- The Fairy of Eagle Nebula
• 'Pillars of Creation' Destroyed by Supernova
• Pillars of Creation Toppled By Stellar Blast
• Astronomy Picture for Today
• Breathtaking Hubble pic: Eagle Nebula (slip the surly bonds of earth & touch the face of God)

[doorgunner69]

Aw heck, none of the links are active anymore.

[SunkenCiv]

You scared me, I thought I’d made a typo in the search & replace. :’o

[dragnet2]

Well thanks. Using some pretty old stuff which requires routine repairing and adjusting etc..Trying to update things on a yard-sale budget takes much time...

In any event, to put the image in perspective the biggest pillar in the image is estimated to be about 24 trillion miles tall/length which is about 4 light years.

With a T.

It bends the brain...

[Vaquero]

“From Hells Heart I stab at thee”

Any pictures of the mutara nebula???

[hoagy62]

We can't launch supplies to the ISS. Obama changed the NASA mission to Muslim Outreach. NASA is a cheerleader for climate change.

Uh...yes, we can. SpaceX launched supplies to the ISS just yesterday. If we wanted to, we could still do it with the Delta or Atlas rocket families.

Not only that, Ted Cruz is now in charge of the congressional committee over NASA. He has publicly stated that he wants NASA to focus on the stars, not Earth. He wants the climate change nonsense to stop. Since they control the pursestrings, that's a pretty strong motivator.