M16, The Pillars of Creation

The Eagle Nebula, M16, is a cluster of stars and an area of active star formation about 5,700 light years from Earth. It is located in the constellation of Serpens and covers an area of 70 x 55 light years.

It is home to the iconic Pillars of Creation, made famous by an image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995.

The distinctive structure of the pillars is created by a nearby cluster of massive stars called NGC 6611. Along with visible light, these stars shed huge amounts of charged particles, which clears dust and gas away. The dense areas of gas called evaporating gaseous globules shielded the area behind them from this solar wind leading to the formation of the pillar structures. 

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