The 'Pillars of Creation' revealed in unprecedented detail in new NASA image
- Created by combining X-ray data from Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope optical data
- Shows three X-ray sources appear to lie near the tip of the largest Pillar
- A massive protostar containing four or five times the mass of the Sun is near one of them
The Pillars of Creation are the stars of one the most iconic images ever to be captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Now, NASA has revealed a new image, created by combining X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope optical data.
Is shows the region around the Pillars, which are about 5,700 light years from Earth, in incredible detail.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5948161/The-Pillars-Creation-revealed-unprecedented-new-NASA-image.html
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