USA: The Hubble Space Telescope's images of the Pillars of Creation, taken in 1995 and 2014, are among the most famous images of space ever taken. 

However, not all of them can compare. The Eagle Nebula contains the astounding structure of gas and dust that creates stars within its clouds. The structure was also in the sights of the potent James Webb earlier this year.

The Pillar of Creation was photographed by the James Webb Space Telescope in October. 

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Both near-infrared and mid-infrared wavelengths were used to take the pictures. Currently, the two pictures have been combined to produce a breathtaking new view of the lovely

Wavelength fusion for detailed imaging

The new image combines information from JWST's Mid-Infrared Instrument and Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) (MIRI). The former draws attention to details like the stars in the background and the orange dots that surround the pillars and indicate new star formation.

The latter range highlights the dust layers, which, depending on their density, can be seen in colours ranging from orange to indigo.

When wavelengths are combined, features that would normally be invisible can be seen in an image. 

For instance, only a few stars can be seen in JWST's mid-infrared image of the structure, and the near-infrared is unable to see any details because it cannot penetrate the thick layers of dust.

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Active Star Formation Region

The dust on the pillars makes them a busy area for star formation, as new stars are created when dust gathers into knots that draw in more material before collapsing under their own gravitational pull to become protostars. 

The protostar eventually reaches a sufficiently high core temperature where it begins to fuse hydrogen and helium, emitting heat and light radiations, and developing into a main sequence star. This process takes place as more and more material is drawn towards these cores, heating it up with friction.

James Webb Vs Hubble

IC 5332, a spiral galaxy more than 29 million light-years from Earth, was previously photographed by the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes. 

The spiral arms of the galaxy were observed by James Webb using the MIRI instrument. Compared to the image obtained from the Hubble Space Telescope, the image showed the galaxy in greater detail.

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The two telescopes occasionally work together on a project, though. In order to see how light from the galaxy passes through the spiral arms of the galaxy on the right side, both space observatories earlier focused their crosshairs at the galaxy pair VV 191. Astronomers could study the spiral galaxy's dust because of this image.