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The Webb telescope image,
the pillars of creation, star factories

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and the Eagle Nebula
that are light years long.

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You might recognize the pillars
from an iconic image taken in 1995

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by the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Hubble and Webb
image at different wavelengths.

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So you can see some new things
in the new image.

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Hubble can't see through dust in space
like Webb can, so you can also see

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new stars being formed,
countless stars in the new image.

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In the months to come,
Webb will take more images that will key

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researchers into how stars are born,
how galaxies evolve.

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The most ancient light we can see,
and even the structure of the planets

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nearest to us.

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In the older images,

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the pillars of creation look a bit to me
like the hand in the creation of atoms.

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I guess whether atoms hinder
God's hand is up to you.

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But in the newest web image, the pillars
almost look like a zombie's hand.

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The pillars are this gaseous blue,
almost like undead flesh.

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It's very eerie, in my opinion.

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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Some of you may like the Hubble shot
more than either of the new Webb images.

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But I know what poster I'm getting.

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