Dusty Pillars

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Joseph DePasquale, Alyssa Pagan Day 25 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar : Dusty Pillars. This is the James Webb Space Telescope’s mid-infrared view of the Pillars of Creation, trunks of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula, about 7,000 light-years away. The mid-infrared view allows scientists to focus on the dense dust in the star-forming regions within these massive pillars. See the full advent calendar here . Merry Christmas! About the Author Alan Taylor Alan Taylor is a senior editor at The Atlantic. Explore More Topics Christmas calendar , James Webb Space Telescope , NASA , Christmas

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