STAR NURSERY These handout photos provided by NASA on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, shows the ‘Pillars of Creation’ that are set off in a kaleidoscope of color in NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared-light view (right) compared to the Hubble’s telescope 2014 wider view in visible light (left). The pillars look like arches and spires rising out of a desert landscape, but are filled with semi-transparent gas and dust, and ever changing. This is a region where young stars are forming. AFP PHOTO
STAR NURSERY These handout photos provided by NASA on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, shows the ‘Pillars of Creation’ that are set off in a kaleidoscope of color in NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared-light view (right) compared to the Hubble’s telescope 2014 wider view in visible light (left). The pillars look like arches and spires rising out of a desert landscape, but are filled with semi-transparent gas and dust, and ever changing. This is a region where young stars are forming. AFP PHOTO

THE James Webb Space Telescope captured the iconic "Pillars of Creation," huge structures of gas and dust teeming with stars, NASA said Wednesday, and the image is as majestic as one could hope.

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