Another one of the great pictures brought back by the former intergalactic laughingstock known as the Hubble space telescope is this amazing shot of the so-called Pillars of Creation.

Best described as a “star factory”, each of these mammoth pillars of hydrogen and dust measures light years in length (a light year is not a measure of time but of distance, specifically, how far light can travel in a year.  Given that light moves at the rate of about thirty two feet per second squared, a light year is a long, LONG ride).  The gas is so dense that it compresses the dust into ultradense material, or, stars.  You can find these beauties out in the Eagle Nebula.

It’s positively breathtaking what we’re looking at here–this is, essentially, a nursery for stars.  You are looking at the birthplace of the stars in the sky.  Future constellations are being made before our very eyes and we’re seeing it.  I couldn’t be more amazed, myself…and i’ll be you are too.

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