RELEASED: The James Webb Image We Were Desperately Waiting For

The James Webb Space Telescope has released one of the most beautiful images so far, the Pillars of Creation. Stretching roughly 4 to 5 light-years across, the towering tendrils of cosmic dust and gas offer one of the most fascinating heavenly sights ever. In the recent image released by NASA, Webb peered through the gaseous columns and inspected the newborn stars coming to life in the dusty cribs. In this highly detailed landscape captured by Webb, the newly formed stars are stealing the show. Stars form when clumps of gas and dust carrying a sufficient mass begin to collapse under their gravity. Due to this collapse, the temperature starts rising, high enough to trigger nuclear fusion reactions. The newly born stars appear in this image as tiny bright red dots. In addition, finger-like extensions, swirls, and eddies in rich brown hues represent the intricate effects of radiation emerging from these newly formed stars. Created by Rishabh Nakra and Simran Buttar Narrated by Jeffrey Smith