The James Webb Space Telescope revealed previously unseen stars and details of "The Pillars of Creation."

The vastness of space can be daunting at times, but other times, it's downright gorgeous. A brand-new image of "The Pillars of Creation"—a group of cool, dense clouds of hydrogen gas and dust in the Serpens constellation—was just taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, says NASA.

The Pillars of Creation are roughly 6,500 light years from Earth and were famously photographed by the Hubble Telescope in 1995 (and again in 2014). Today, we have a brand-new image of the cluster of stars—and there are so many details now uncovered that we couldn't previously see, and it's thanks to Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). 

View the incredible image in all its glory below:

pillars of creation, webb telescope
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSCI; J. DEPASQUALE, A. KOEKEMOER, A. PAGAN (STSCI)

This new look of the Pillars of Creation "will help researchers revamp their models of star formation by identifying far more precise counts of newly formed stars, along with the quantities of gas and dust in the region. Over time, they will begin to build a clearer understanding of how stars form and burst out of these dusty clouds over millions of years," says NASA.

Pretty incredible, right?

Here's a comparison of the 1995 image versus the 2022 image:

pillars of creation comparison, 1995, 2022
Courtesy of NASA, STSCI

You can read the full press release on NASA's website.