From among images taken after first observations made by the new Wide Field Camera 3 aboard the recently serviced NASA Hubble Space Telescope.
Image shows stellar gas jets in the Carina Nebula. These are what could be called “pillars of creation” that show stars being born inside gas columns. Stellar jets like these are a common signature of the birth of a new star. This nebula is an estimated 7,500 light-years away in the southern constellation Carina the Keel (of the old southern constellation Argo Navis, the ship of Jason and the Argonauts, from Greek mythology).
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