The Sky at Night S2014E11: The Pillars of Creation
- Aired: 2014-12-14
- Time: 22:00:00
- Runtime: 30 minutes
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Overview
Perhaps no object in the night sky conjures up a greater sense of awe and wonder than a nebula. These vast clouds of dust and gases are stupendously beautiful, but they aren't just pretty objects. Nebulae play a key role in the birth and death of stars, and therefore in our own origins. And driving their creation is a kind of chemistry that the textbooks say shouldn't be happening.