Experiencing Hubble: Understanding the Greatest Images of the Universe

The Star Factory inside the Eagle Nebula (1x4)

Air date: Jan 16, 2011

Explore the most iconic Hubble photo of all: the glowing pillars of gas and dust at the core of the Eagle Nebula. Resembling a fantasy landscape, this view shows young stars emerging from their cocoons of gas and dust in an interstellar molecular cloud.