The images keep coming from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope! The latest stunning release shows the iconic “Pillars of Creation” in the Eagle Nebula — some 7,000 light years away.
The picture may look familiar because the cluster of young stars was first captured in 1995 by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Now people can compare the legacy telescope with the most advanced space telescope recently launched in December 2021.
Since Webb is so much bigger than the Hubble, its mirror is 100 times more sensitive which collects more light allowing it to see farther out into space.
It peers through space dust better by utilizing infrared light to spot previously undetected objects not seen in Hubble’s visible light spectrum.
The difference is astonishing. When looking at the molecular hydrogen and dust in the Pillars of Creation you can see details including stars not evident in the images captured almost 30 years ago.
The Pillars of Creation is named for the star nursery under all the gas clouds and dust.