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Celebrate Hubble’s 20th With Best Space Image Ever | Wired Science | Wired.com - http://www.wired.com/wiredsc...
“This new gem rivals what may be Hubble’s most famous image, a shot of the Pillars of Creation taken in 1995. The shot above is of a star-forming region in the Carina Nebula. The enormous pillar of gas and dust is 3 light-years tall. The seam in the middle is the result of new stars forming and emitting powerful gas jets that are ripping the pillar apart.” - × × ×