M16：来自韦伯的恒星形成柱
(原标题: M16: A Star Forming Pillar from Webb)
2022-12-06
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这座星际山脉内部发生了什么？恒星正在形成。这座山实际上是美丽的鹰状星云（M16）中的气体和尘埃柱。像这样的柱子密度很低，你可以很容易地飞过它——它看起来是固体，只是因为它的高灰尘含量和深度。发光的区域是由内部新形成的恒星照亮的。这些区域发出红光和红外光，因为蓝光被星际尘埃散射掉了。去年年底发射的詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜（JWST）最近在近红外光下拍摄了这幅特色图像，其细节前所未有。在接下来的10万年里，这些年轻恒星发出的高能光、研磨风和最后的超新星将慢慢摧毁这个恒星诞生柱。天体物理学家：浏览天体物理学源代码库中的2,900多个代码
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What’s happening inside this interstellar mountain? Stars are forming. The mountain is actually a column of gas and dust in the picturesque Eagle Nebula (M16). A pillar like this is so low in density that you could easily fly though it -- it only appears solid because of its high dust content and great depth. The glowing areas are lit internally by newly formed stars. These areas shine in red and infrared light because blue light is scattered away by intervening interstellar dust. The featured image was captured recently in near-infrared light in unprecedented detail by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched late last year. Energetic light, abrasive winds, and final supernovas from these young stars will slowly destroy this stellar birth column over the next 100,000 years. Astrophysicists: Browse 2,900+ codes in the Astrophysics Source Code Library