sanitation@lemmy.today to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 28 days agoThis is the Pillars of Creation, a star-forming region located about 6,500 light-years from Earth.lemmy.todayimagemessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down11
arrow-up177arrow-down1imageThis is the Pillars of Creation, a star-forming region located about 6,500 light-years from Earth.lemmy.todaysanitation@lemmy.today to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 28 days agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squarerockSlayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·28 days agoPillars of Creation is definitely in my top 10 of astronomical phenomenon. It’s just incomprehensibly large. The largest pillar is over 4 light-years in length (23.5 Trillion miles, 37.8 Trillion km)
minus-squaretreadful@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·28 days agoAs much as I wish I could understand those scales alas, I never will.
Pillars of Creation is definitely in my top 10 of astronomical phenomenon. It’s just incomprehensibly large. The largest pillar is over 4 light-years in length (23.5 Trillion miles, 37.8 Trillion km)
As much as I wish I could understand those scales alas, I never will.