NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken so many amazing images of the universe but one iconic photo stands out from everything else.

The "Pillars of Creation" is a breathtaking photo taken in 1995 that reveals details of three colossal columns of cold gas shrouded in scathing ultraviolet light. The columns originated from a cluster of massive young stars in a small region of the Eagle Nebula or M16.

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The brilliant images of these star forming regions in the nebula are so iconic they've appeared in many films and TV shows, shirts and even postage stamps.

This particular image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in near infrared light gives the pillars an eerie glow with wispy mysterious silhouettes amidst a cosmic blanket of stars. This near infrared light can actually penetrate through the thick stardust and clouds to reveal the stars behind the nebula and inside the pillars.

Some parts of the pillars have dust clouds and gas so thick infrared light can't penetrate them. The new stars embedded on top of the pillars are truly visible and brilliant via infrared light.

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the famous pillars, the pillars were photographed in near infrared light and also visible light. These new photos will give astronomers a sharper view of star formation. Newborn stars hidden away inside the gas pillars were seen for the first time at the American Astronomical Society.

This new image gives clues about how these Pillars of Creation are also Pillars of Destruction. The pillars are short lived and the photo taken by Hubble captured star creation at the right moment, according to Paul Scowen from Arizona State University who led the first Hubble observations of the Eagle Nebula along with astronomer Jeff Hester,

After 19 years, these pillars are slowly evaporating into space, sending jets like a stream of water farther into the cosmos, spanning 60 billion miles at a speed of 450,000 miles per hour.

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