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This region of star formation contains the Pillars of Creation, which was made famous by the Hubble Space Telescope. It is shown in an image from 2024 that combines infrared data from NASA’s Webb (red, green, and blue) and X-rays from NASA’s Chandra (red, yellow, green and blue point sources). Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXO/SAO; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare

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This region of star formation contains the Pillars of Creation, which was made famous by the Hubble Space Telescope. It is shown in an image from 2024 that combines infrared data from NASA’s Webb (red, green, and blue) and X-rays from NASA’s Chandra (red, yellow, green and blue point sources). Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXO/SAO; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare

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Corey S Powell (coreyspowell@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 07:37:18 JST Corey S Powell

Astronomers keep finding more to see in the iconic "Pillars of Creation."
An infrared view from JWST reveals stars being born in dusty cocoons. A matching image from Chandra exposes their violent side, as the baby stars create powerful flares & jets that blast out x-rays.
https://chandra.si.edu/deadstar/pillars.html #space #science #nature #nasa

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