Hubble and Webb: Pillars of Creation Comparison (IMAGE)

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Hubble and Webb: Pillars of Creation Comparison

Caption

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope made the Pillars of Creation famous with its first image in 1995, but revisited the scene in 2014 to reveal a sharper, wider view in visible light, shown above at left. A new, near-infrared-light view from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, at right, helps us peer through more of the dust in this star-forming region. The thick, dusty brown pillars are no longer as opaque and many more red stars that are still forming come into view. Download the full-resolution, uncompressed version and supporting visuals from the Space Telescope Science Institute.: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2022/052/01GF44EV0PPW2BHJS9HMA1AGEK

Credit

Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI).

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