Nebula

Eagle Nebula

A young open cluster embedded in a star-forming nebula, famous for the 'Pillars of Creation' imaged by Hubble.

Type: Nebula
Domain: Scientific connections
Connections: 4

NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) · NASA media (public domain)

Type: Nebula
Domain: Scientific connections

Eagle Nebula Flaunts its Infrared Feathers · NASA/JPL-Caltech/ Institut dAstrophysique Spatiale

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Nebular structure profile

A visual story for gas, dust, ionization, star-forming context, and observational imagery.

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Studied by Hubble Space Telescope.
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Object type: Nebula
Graph relations: 4
Verified sources: 2
Image records: 5
Domain: Scientific connections
Status: Graph entity

Scientific map

Atlas context

Studied by
Hubble Space Telescope
Studied by
James Webb Space Telescope
Observed by
Hubble Space Telescope
Depicted in
Pillars of Creation (Hubble, 1995)

Original SVG diagram

Deep-sky morphology

Object class: Nebula
Catalog numbers: Not recorded
Image records: 5
Graph relations: 4

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Studied byHubble Space Telescope
Hubble's 1995 image of the Eagle Nebula — the 'Pillars of Creation'.
Observed byHubble Space Telescope
Studied byJames Webb Space Telescope
Webb re-imaged the Pillars of Creation in infrared.
Depicted inPillars of Creation (Hubble, 1995)

Image provenance

Photography as evidence

4 cleared visual records

Tall columns of gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula stand against a dense field of stars.

Pillars of Creation

NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) · NASA media (public domain)

Eagle Nebula Flaunts its Infrared Feathers

NASA/JPL-Caltech/ Institut dAstrophysique Spatiale · NASA media (public domain)

Herschel Sees Through Ghostly Pillars

Far-infrared: ESA/Herschel/PACS/SPIRE/Hill, Motte, HOBYS Key Programme Consortium; X-ray: ESA/XMM-Newton/EPIC/XMM-Newton-SOC/Boulanger · NASA media (public domain)

Cosmic Epic Unfolds in Infrared

NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI/ Institut dAstrophysique Spatiale · NASA media (public domain)

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Pillars of Creation (Hubble, 1995)

The 'Pillars of Creation' — towers of gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula, one of Hubble's most iconic images.

organization

NASA's archive for the data of its optical, ultraviolet, and near-infrared space telescopes — Hubble, JWST, TESS, Kepler, and more — operated by the Space Telescope Science Institute. One of the most-used archives in astronomy.

organization

NASA

Observation

How this was captured

Observatory / instrument: Hubble Space Telescope
Mission: Hubble Space Telescope
Source: HUBBLE

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Data

Scientific data & provenance

Data & provenance

Stable ID: nebula:eagle-nebula
Type: Nebula
Domain: Scientific connections
Relationships: 4
Graph version: 1.0.0

Dataset membership

Open data

In the graph export: graph.json · graph.jsonld

Planned API: GET /api/v0/entities/nebula:eagle-nebula

Scientific quality

Complete

Reviewed2 sourcesv1.0.0

6 of 6 applicable dimensions complete

Description: Complete
Source coverage: Complete
Relationship coverage: Complete
Review coverage: Complete
Citation coverage: Complete
Image coverage: Complete
Timeline coverage: Not applicable

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Provenance & sources

review 2026.1

Asteria Scientific Review Process · verification: sourced · accurate

High evidenceconfirmed
The Eagle Nebula (M16) is a star-forming region containing the 'Pillars of Creation,' towering columns of gas and dust famously imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Source: Space Telescope Science Institute

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Scientific citations

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Image archiveEagle Nebula (M16) — HubbleSite / STScI

Space Telescope Science Institute

Cite (APA / BibTeX)

Space Telescope Science Institute (n.d.). Eagle Nebula (M16) — HubbleSite / STScI. Space Telescope Science Institute. https://www.stsci.edu/

@misc{cite:stsci-nebula-eagle-nebula,
  title        = {Eagle Nebula (M16) — HubbleSite / STScI},
  organization = {Space Telescope Science Institute},
  year         = {n.d.},
  url          = {https://www.stsci.edu/},
  note         = {STScI imagery and science for Eagle Nebula (M16).}
}

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Sources & references

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.
ESAEuropean Space Agency
European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.