The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a massive and stunningly detailed photo of the Pillars of Creation, a celestial region that gives birth to new stars.
Webb’s imaging system is the most advanced that has ever captured the Pillars of Creation — significantly— and the image it has created will help researchers update their models of star formation because they are now able to see more precise details of star populations as well as the amount of gas and dust in the region.Credit: NASA, ESA/Hubble and the Hubble Heritage Team
Newly formed “protostars” are described as “scene stealers” by the ESA, and are the bright red orbs that typically have the diffraction spikes and lie outside one of the pillars. “What about those wavy lines that look like lava? These are ejections from stars that are still forming within the gas and dust. Young stars periodically shoot out jets that collide with clouds of material, like these thick pillars. This sometimes also results in bow shocks, which can form wavy patterns like a boat does as it moves through water. The crimson glow comes from the energetic hydrogen molecules that result from jets and shocks.
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