How the 'Pillars of Creation' Were Created | Video

Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 11:30 in Earth & Climate

A computer simulation shows how an interstellar cloud of gas and dust can collapse and expand over 1.6 million years, forming "elephant trunks" like the ones seen in the "Pillars of Creation." 

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