From Eagle's EGGs A Star Is Born . ... Credit Copyright: J. Hester, P. Scowen ( ASU ), HST , NASA Explanation: Perhaps the most famous astronomical image in recent years reveals newborn stars upon pillars of gas and dust - uncovered as researchers used the Hubble Space Telescope to explore the Eagle Nebula in 1995. This stunning picture provides a first hand glimpse of star birth as evaporating gaseous globules (EGGs) are captured emerging from pillars of molecular hydrogen gas and dust . ...