19 jaw-dropping James Webb Space Telescope images

The towering pillars of creation – a vast span of sculptured gas and dust located about 6,500 light-years from Earth in the Eagle Nebula – have been a famous Milky Way landmark since the Hubble Space Telescope observed them in 1995. Scientists may be able to use JWST’s stunning portrait of these iconic structures to gain new insight into how stars are formed and how they influence the space around them.