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Pillars of Creation – Eagle Nebula, M16

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June 19, 2026, 09:03 PM
Pipe Smoker
Pillars of Creation – Eagle Nebula, M16
An awesome Hubble space telescope image.
https://science.nasa.gov/missi...-catalog/messier-16/


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June 19, 2026, 09:47 PM
mdblanton
Awesome pics. Hard to wrap my head around the scale of those.
June 19, 2026, 10:23 PM
egregore
Seven thousand light years away and 50-70 light years across? Eek

It probably doesn't look like that now, since we're seeing it as it was 7,000 years ago.
June 19, 2026, 10:45 PM
12131
The wonders of God’s creation.


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June 20, 2026, 05:50 AM
roarindan
thats the afterbirth of our planet.


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June 20, 2026, 09:05 AM
Pipe Smoker
quote:
Originally posted by egregore:
Seven thousand light years away and 50-70 light years across? Eek

It probably doesn't look like that now, since we're seeing it as it was 7,000 years ago.

No significant change in appearance over a mere 7,000 year interval.


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