The Pillars of Creation are elephant trunks of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula. They lie about 7000 light-years away from us. Evidence shows that it was destroyed by a supernova 6000 years ago, so we only have another millennium to see it.
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Pillars of Creation! My Astronomy prof absolutely loves this photo.
Only another millennium? Lol.
The Pillars of Creation are elephant trunks of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula. They lie about 7000...
The Pillars of Creation are elephant trunks of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula. They lie about 7000...