Gas pillars in the Eagle Nebula Hubble Space Telescope image showing dark pillars of dense molecular hydrogen and dust in the Eagle Nebula M Ultraviolet light from young stars out of frame evaporates gas from the lightyear long pillars creating the blue halolike effect The small protrusions on the pillars contain globules of even denser gas which are embryonic stars these have been dubbed Evaporating Gaseous Globules or EGGs The evaporation of the pillar limits the amount of gas and dust which these embryonic stars can gather The Eagle Nebula is about light years from Earth
