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Hubble's 'Pillars of Non-Creation'

Posted by michael on from the cosmic-warfare dept.

mdahlman writes "According to BBC News, Hubble's 'Pillars of Creation' are really 'Pillars of Death'. Well, at least 'Pillars of Non-Creation'." I have to get a poster of this.

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  1. Non-Creation?? by Transcendent · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yes, the pillars are fading, but no, they are not dieing, but instead they are creating.

    These pillars of gas are forming into the small planets, moons, asteroids, and possibly more stars within the clouds.... Stars do not form instantly, they have to grow dense, then explode in a frenzy of fusion to be born. Our conclusions are far to premature...

    We are not looking at its death, but instead its birth...

    knowing that the pillars will fade in a million years or so means the picture has lost a little of its appeal.

    Not at all. That fact has created that picture into a record of time.