This image shows the stellar nursery located near the famous Pillars of Creation. Taken by the orbiting Herschel Space Observatory, the image provides interesting developements on the Pillars. Foremost is the revelation that the famed Pillars have in fact been destroyed; although their distance allows them to appear intact, a close-by supernova destroyed the pillars about six thousand years ago. Because of the distance, though, the Pillars will remain visible for at least a few more centuries.
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