Explanation: It has become one of the most famous images of modern times. This image, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995, shows evaporating gaseous globules (EGGs) emerging from pillars of molecular hydrogen gas and dust. The giant pillars are light years in length and are so dense that interior gas contracts gravitationally to form stars. At each pillars' end, the intense radiation of bright young stars causes low density material to boil away, leaving stellar nurseries of dense EGGs exposed. The Eagle Nebula, associated with the open star cluster M16, lies about 7000 light years away. The pillars of creation were again imaged by the orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory, and it was found that most EGGS are not strong emitters of X-rays.
In early 2007, scientists using the Spitzer discovered evidence that potentially indicates the Pillars were destroyed by a nearby supernova explosion about 6,000 years ago, but the light showing the new shape of the nebula will not reach Earth for another millennium.
The Saint wrote: » Pol Pot after dying of natural causes a free man (albeit on the run), a fate that wasn't affored to his countless victims.
dr.bollocko wrote: » Do you have any links handy to the story behind the pic?
alabamawhurley wrote: » Whats the story of the 5 year old pregnant girl above ^? Is that even possible? :eek:
Duggy747 wrote: » Ukraine Air Show disaster back in 2002 where 78 people were killed when a jet fighter came down too low and ploughed into the crowd. Nothing but limbs and goo was scattered across the runway. There's a video on the web showing the jet chop through the crowd at an incredible speed plus the immediate aftermath with the remains of victims everywhere.
newbie2 wrote: » ok one more then i'm going to bed
OutlawPete wrote: » In the 1994 World Cup Andres Escobar accidentally slid the ball into his own net. The other team (the USA ) went on to win the game and Colombia went out. They only needed a draw as far as I remember. Reports and rumours after the match the next day said he was a dead man walking, as there where big time gangsters in Columbia that had fortunes bet on the game. 10 days later, as he left some restaurant with his girlfriend three men grabbed him and shot him in the face and chest a dozen times, shouting 'goal' after every shot.
