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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                 2022 September 25   
      
                             The Fairy of Eagle Nebula   
          Image Credit: Image Credit: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team   
                                   (STScI/AURA)   
      
      Explanation: The dust sculptures of the Eagle Nebula are evaporating.   
      As powerful starlight whittles away these cool cosmic mountains, the   
      statuesque pillars that remain might be imagined as mythical beasts.   
      Featured here is one of several striking dust pillars of the Eagle   
      Nebula that might be described as a gigantic alien fairy. This fairy,   
      however, is ten light years tall and spews radiation much hotter than   
      common fire. The greater Eagle Nebula, M16, is actually a giant   
      evaporating shell of gas and dust inside of which is a growing cavity   
      filled with a spectacular stellar nursery currently forming an open   
      cluster of stars. This great pillar, which is about 7,000 light years   
      away, will likely evaporate away in about 100,000 years. The featured   
      image is in scientifically re-assigned colors and was taken by the   
      Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope.   
      
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