Genesis

Released by the us National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on November 2 (see Down To Earth, Vol 4, No 14), these Hubble-captured snapshots hold up to the eye a mind-blowing, spectacular display of cosmic births. Monumental eerie pillars of interstellar hydrogen gas and dust - part of the 7,000 light-years distant star nursery, the 'Eagle Nebula' (also called ml 6) - arise like phantoms