‘Pillars’ In Space

This Is Why ‘Pillars’ In Space Mean Destruction, Not Creation

By time you see a pillar at all, almost all of your ‘formation’ is already finished.

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In the heart of the Eagle Nebula, the iconic Pillars of Creation loom as one of Hubble’s greatest all-time sights.
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Using Chandra, researchers detected over 1,700 X-ray sources in the field of the Eagle Nebula. Two thirds of these sources are likely young stars located in the Nebula, and some of them are seen in this small field of view around the Pillars of Creation. There is no evidence here, or in the surrounding environment, of a recent supernova. (X-RAY: NASA/CXC/INAF/M.GUARCELLO ET AL.; OPTICAL: NASA/STSCI)

It’s true: there are new stars being formed inside, as the gas gravitational collapses down to grow the largest clumps of matter.