Famous Space Pillars Feel the Heat of Star's Explosion

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Infrared view of the Eagle nebula. Image credit: NASAJPL-Caltech Institut dAstrophysique Spatiale
Infrared view of the Eagle nebula. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale

The three iconic space pillars photographed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in 1995 might have met their demise, according to new evidence from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.


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