BIRTH OF NEW STARS

Stellar evolution is a circle of life — dying stars spew their contents into the galaxy, paving the way for the next generation.

The Bible states…

In Hebrew 1:10-12 The heavens are the work of youryour hands, you willroll them up like a robe likr a garment they will be CHANGED?

“In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.They will perish, but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
You will roll them up like a robe;
like a garment they will be changed.
But you remain the same, and your years will never end.

Stars do not live forever, just like people. Stars are born, live their lives, changing or evolving as they age, and eventually they die.

Hubble Space Telescope’s high resolution and wide-wavelength sensitivity gave astronomers key new insights into the lives of stars from birth to death. Hubble probed stellar incubators the vast molecular clouds. The telescope surprisingly uncovered the first evidence that planet formation accompanies star birth. The fireworks that accompany star death, from exotic-looking planetary nebula to titanic stellar explosions, unveiled new mysteries to Hubble.

The immense nebula contains at least a dozen brilliant stars that are roughly estimated to be at least 50 to 100 times the mass of our Sun. The most unique inhabitant is the star Eta Carinae, which is in the final stages of its brief and eruptive lifespan.

Some stars in stellar nurseries are born inside dense clouds of cold gas. Hubble has observed several of these natal cocoons. The most famous is the trio of giant gas columns in the Eagle Nebula. Dubbed the “Pillars of Creation,” these stellar nurseries are bathed in the scorching ultraviolet light from a cluster of young, massive stars. Streamers of gas can be seen bleeding off pillars as the intense radiation heats and evaporates it into space. Denser regions of the pillars are shielding material beneath them from the powerful radiation.

A later, infrared view of the pillars transforms them into eerie, wispy silhouettes seen against a background of myriad stars. Infrared light penetrates much of the gas and dust, except for the densest regions of the pillars. Newborn stars can be seen hidden away inside the giant columns.