{"id":505389,"date":"2022-10-31T22:17:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T19:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-nasa-image-of-pillars-of-creation-is-appropriately-ghostly\/"},"modified":"2022-10-31T22:17:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T19:17:50","slug":"new-nasa-image-of-pillars-of-creation-is-appropriately-ghostly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-nasa-image-of-pillars-of-creation-is-appropriately-ghostly\/","title":{"rendered":"#New NASA Image of Pillars of Creation Is Appropriately Ghostly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a410189ae351\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a410189ae351\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-nasa-image-of-pillars-of-creation-is-appropriately-ghostly\/#%E2%80%9CNew_NASA_Image_of_Pillars_of_Creation_Is_Appropriately_Ghostly%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;New NASA Image of Pillars of Creation Is Appropriately Ghostly&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNew_NASA_Image_of_Pillars_of_Creation_Is_Appropriately_Ghostly%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;New NASA Image of Pillars of Creation Is Appropriately Ghostly&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage wp-image-845009 size-full\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/imageedit_3_8562220955.png?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Pillars of Creation\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/webbtelescope.org\/contents\/media\/images\/2022\/053\/01GFRYSFM89AFADVAA0W625BSB?news=true\" data-credittext=\"NASA\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/webbtelescope.org\/contents\/media\/images\/2022\/053\/01GFRYSFM89AFADVAA0W625BSB?news=true\">NASA<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NASA is one of the few organizations in the world that makes headlines for releasing better versions of old photos. That doesn\u2019t work for most people when posting new photos of their <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to the Poconos or something.<\/p>\n<p>But when it\u2019s the Pillars of Creation, it tends to be justified, even if the photos are only about a week apart. Recently the Webb telescope used its\u00a0Near-Infrared Camera to release a sharper, more detailed image of the region with a view that peered through much of the space dust that normally obscures the area.<\/p>\n<p>Like a photographer changing the setting on a camera, NASA then switched to the\u00a0Mid-Infrared Instrument. This helps illuminate the dust that cloaks the scene, according to NASA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd while mid-infrared light specializes in detailing where dust is, the stars aren\u2019t bright enough at these wavelengths to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear. Instead, these looming, leaden-hued pillars of gas and dust gleam at their edges, hinting at the activity within,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard\/2022\/haunting-portrait-nasa-s-webb-reveals-dust-structure-in-pillars-of-creation\">NASA states<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In this view, the hauntingly blue gas and dust take precedence, and the stars almost completely disappear from sight. It gives the appearance of some great ghostly hand that looks like it flicks stars into existence (or at least does really elaborate card tricks).<\/p>\n<p>Which is sort of what\u2019s happening. Thousands of stars have formed within the pillars, using dust as a core recipe ingredient.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany stars are actively forming in these dense blue-gray pillars. When knots of gas and dust with sufficient mass form in these regions, they begin to collapse under their own gravitational attraction, slowly heat up \u2014 and eventually form new stars,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/webbtelescope.org\/contents\/media\/images\/2022\/053\/01GFRYSFM89AFADVAA0W625BSB?news=true\">NASA writes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Located\u00a0roughly 6,500-7,000 light-years from Earth in the\u00a0Eagle nebula, the Pillars of Creation photos have a long history of rereleases, like any other franchise. It first achieved fame when the Hubble Space Telescope observed it in 1995. Then the\u00a0Heschel Space Observatory caught a peek in 2011, followed by another try by Hubble in 2014 with a newer camera.<\/p>\n<p>With these last two new ones captured in quick succession by the Webb telescope, we may soon be entering double-digit numbers. 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