M16, the Eagle Nebula

This stunning movie shows the Eagle Nebula from the iconic 1995 Hubble image of the Pillars of Creation through to the latest multi-wavelength composite.

Credits: far-infrared: ESA/Herschel/PACS/SPIRE/Hill, Motte, HOBYS Key Programme Consortium; ESA/XMM-Newton/EPIC/XMM-Newton-SOC/Boulanger; optical: MPG/ESO; near-infrared/VLT/ISAAC/McCaughrean & Andersen/AIP/ESO