article_snippet.sent: The new observations, taken by the European Space Agency, reveal many new details — including a previously unseen jet from a young star.
article_snippet.sent: these structures, along with the nearby star cluster, NGC 6611, are parts of a star formation region called the Eagle Nebula, also known as Messier 16 or M16.
article_snippet.sent: The new study reports fresh evidence for two gestating stars in the left and middle pillars as well as a jet from a young star that had escaped attention up to now.
article_snippet.sent: The jutting structures, along with the nearby star cluster, NGC 6611, are parts of a star formation region called the Eagle Nebula, also known as Messier 16 or M16.
article_snippet.sent: Muse has shown that the tip of the left pillar is facing us, atop a pillar that is is actually situated behind NGC 6611, unlike the other pillars.
article_snippet.sent: the tip of the left pillar is bearing the brunt of the radiation from NGC 6611's stars, and as a result looks brighter to our eyes than the bottom left, middle and right pillars, whose tips are all pointed away from our view.
article_snippet.sent: Astronomers hope to better understand how young O and B stars like those in NGC 6611 influence the formation of subsequent stars.
article_snippet.sent: A colour composite of the Eagle Nebula (M 16), where The Pillars of Creation are located.