On April 1, 1995, Hubble snapped this image of pillar-like structures in the Eagle nebula, dubbed the "Pillars of Creation." These eerie, dark structures are columns of cool, interstellar hydrogen gas and dust that serve as incubators for new stars. Credit: Jeff Hester and Paul Scowen (Arizona State University), and NASA/ESA

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