The
Pillars of Creation are a part of the Eagle Nebula that is located in
constellation Serpens. They became popular when Hubble Telescope took
first picture of them in 1995. The Pillars of Creation since then
were revisited by various telescopes on multiple occasions throughout
the years.
Detailed
Definition
The
Pillars of Creation are located 6,500 light years away from Earth and
are part of a much bigger formation called Eagle Nebula. The pillars
are only between 4 and 5 light years long, meanwhile the nebula they
are located in stretches 70 to 55 light years long. Even
though the nebula was discovered as early as 1745 by Jean-Philippe
Loys de Chéseaux, the towers were captured first in 1995 by Hubble
Telescope. The Pillars of Creation were photographed later on
multiple occasions by different telescopes. Most recently, it was
observed by the James Webb Telescope, giving us the first picture of them
in infrared light.
The pillars became well known due to
their distinguish features. The towers resemble buttes in the desert, which gives them a unique look that feels familiar to what we already
know from the Earth’s scenery. Essentially, they are made out of
dens hydrogen particles and gas. In the pictures of pillars, we can
also see newborn stars that caste ultraviolet light.
Etymology The name
“Pillars of Creation” was inspired by a phrase used in “The
Condescension of Christ” written by Charles Spurgeon in 1857.
Sample Sentence(s)
In
Pillars of Creation, we can see new stars being formed.
Translations of Terms/Concepts into Partner
Languages
French
Piliers
de la création
German
Säulen
der Schöpfung
Italian
Pilastri
della Creazione
Polish
Filary
Stworzenia
Swedish
Skapelsens
pelare
Links to Videos/Articles:
NASA, ESA and The Hubble
Heritage Team (2018), The Pillars of Creation, Retrieved from
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/the-pillars-of-creation
Prakash,
P. (2022), All about the Pillars of Creation, recently captured by
the James Webb Space Telescope, Retrieved from
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/all-about-the-pillars-of-creation-recently-pictured-by-the-james-webb-space-telescope/article66040094.ece
Hubblesite
(n.d.), Eagle Nabula ‘Pillars of Creation’, Retrieved from
https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/3862-Image?keyword=eagle
NASA,
ESA, CSA, STScI (2022), Pillars of Creation (NIRCam and MIRI
Composite Image), Retrieved from
https://esawebb.org/images/pillarsofcreation_composite/
ESA (2022), Hubble and Webb
showcase the Pillars of Creation (side by side), Retrieved from
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2022/10/Hubble_and_Webb_showcase_the_Pillars_of_Creation_side_by_side
