The Eagle Nebula - Messier 16 ✨☄️🌌✨ The image is a recent view from the Hubble Space Telescope of a single, towering pillar of gas and dust within the Eagle Nebula (also known as Messier 16). ⚡This specific pillar is approximately 9.5 light-years tall and is sculpted by intense ultraviolet radiation from a cluster of young, hot stars located just outside the frame. The Eagle Nebula is a stellar nursery, a region of active star formation located in the constellation Serpens, about 7,000 light-ye