Stretching roughly 4 to 5 light-years, pillars of oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen and hydrogen are bathed in the scorching ultraviolet light of young stars, their winds slowly eroding the towers of gas and dust….

Stretching roughly 4 to 5 light-years, pillars of oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen and hydrogen are bathed in the scorching ultraviolet light of young stars, their winds slowly eroding the towers of gas and dust. Source