Feb 16
6 min read
The Wonderful World of Completely Random Facts — Issue 38
The Last Light from the Pillars of Creation
The light from the Pillars of Creation, a collection of columns of interstellar dust and gas in the Eagle Nebula, takes 7,000 years to reach Earth. So right now, we are seeing the Pillars of Creation as they were 7,000 years ago. But what we see no longer exists.
