ocr: a MCRE AMB H ABONE 3 - AUL: COUE, - Pillars of creation The miracie of star birth unfolds int the Eagle Nebula. Deepi inside the pillars of dense, cool gas and dust - the tallest one here measures three light-years in height - molecular hydrogen and dust condense into lumps that contract and ignite under their own gravity to become stars. Ultraviolet light from other: stars: is evaporating the pillars, leaving the embryonic stars envel oped in their own thick clouds of gas. Young stars often emit huge jets of gas. Hub- ble has shown these jets in unprecedented detail, including a curious twist ...
