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James Webb Telescope captures iconic ‘Pillars of Creation’

Handout photos from NASA on October 19, 2022, compare the James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared-light view of the Pillars of Creation, right, compared to the Hubble's telescope 2014 wider view in visible light, left [Space Telescope Science Institute /AFP]

The world’s largest and most powerful space telescope has captured the iconic Pillars of Creation, huge structures of gas and dust teeming with stars, according to NASA.

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first shot of the gigantic gold, copper and brown columns standing within the vast Eagle Nebula, 6,500 light years away from Earth, the United States space agency said in a statement on Wednesday.

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