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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.   
      
                                  2024 October 22   
      Three large interstellar dust pillars are shown against a starfield and   
      a multicolored glowing background. Please see the explanation for more   
                               detailed information.   
      
                           M16: Pillars of Star Creation   
           Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Processing: Diego Pisano   
      
      Explanation: These dark pillars may look destructive, but they are   
      creating stars. This pillar-capturing picture of the Eagle Nebula   
      combines visible light exposures taken with the Hubble Space Telescope   
      with infrared images taken with the James Webb Space Telescope to   
      highlight evaporating gaseous globules (EGGs) emerging from pillars of   
      molecular hydrogen gas and dust. The giant pillars are light years in   
      length and are so dense that interior gas contracts gravitationally to   
      form stars. At each pillar's end, the intense radiation of bright young   
      stars causes low density material to boil away, leaving stellar   
      nurseries of dense EGGs exposed. The Eagle Nebula, associated with the   
      open star cluster M16, lies about 7000 light years away.   
      
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