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“These are the bright red orbs that typically have diffraction spikes and lie outside one of the dusty pillars.”

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Hubble made the Pillars of Creation famous in 1995. Webb’s infrared camera sees through the dust to the new stars forming inside. NASA’s update a few days later had to clarify what’s actually visible in the picture. The press release goes out before the scientists finish reading it.