Scientists from NASA have released striking new images of the Pillars of Creation – a vast range of star-forming material in the Eagle Nebula. The new images concentrated on infrared radiation which is normally invisible to human eyes. In these images, the once colorful pillars seem like ghosts behind a kaleidoscope of newborn stars within the dust.NASA says the pillars are around five light-years in length and are natural incubators of star creation, due to their dense pockets of hydrogen gas. Scientists have explained that these dusty regions keep the gas below them cool, which enables the lower reaches of the pillar to sustain their long, stalk-like features.