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Zoom into the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula using a combination of ground-based telescopes and Hubble. The Pillars of Creation are four light years tall, about the same distance from Earth to Proxima Centauri. Credit: NASA, ESA/Hubble and the Hubble Heritage Team


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