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The Pillars of Creation
Perhaps no object in the night sky conjures up a greater sense of awe and wonder than a nebula. These vast clouds of dust and gases are stupendously beautiful, but they aren't just pretty objects. Nebulae play a key role in the birth and death of stars, and therefore in our own origins. And driving their creation is a kind of chemistry that the textbooks say shouldn't be happening.
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Other episodes for this season
![Jupiter: Weather and Moons](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/tIvLYU0CvkQcPlHi1bXJkGr141L.jpg)
![Sounds of the Universe](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/LW2mv9LyXFAuIX7S86I7wtaoQE.jpg)
![Mysterious Mars](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/LW2mv9LyXFAuIX7S86I7wtaoQE.jpg)
![How Gravity Shapes the Universe](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/LW2mv9LyXFAuIX7S86I7wtaoQE.jpg)
![Impacts](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/LW2mv9LyXFAuIX7S86I7wtaoQE.jpg)
![The Brightest Star](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/LW2mv9LyXFAuIX7S86I7wtaoQE.jpg)
![How to Catch a Comet](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/LW2mv9LyXFAuIX7S86I7wtaoQE.jpg)
![The Hunt for ET](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/LW2mv9LyXFAuIX7S86I7wtaoQE.jpg)
![Ice Giants](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/LW2mv9LyXFAuIX7S86I7wtaoQE.jpg)
![Rosetta: A Sky at Night Special](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/LW2mv9LyXFAuIX7S86I7wtaoQE.jpg)
![The Pillars of Creation](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/LW2mv9LyXFAuIX7S86I7wtaoQE.jpg)