| Supernova topples Pillars of Creation |
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| Saturday, 13 January 2007 | |
  
The famous "Pillars of Creation", the subject of the best known of Hubble's images, have already been blown apart by a supernova. We won't see their destruction here on Earth for another thousand years, but the astronomers making the claim estimate that the massive, star-forming pillars that make up the Eagle Nebula were obliterated almost 6000 years ago. Featured Whitepaper
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