MostlyCuriousHubble Revisits an Icon, the Pillars of CreationNational Geographic - Nadia DrakeTwenty years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope snapped one of its most iconic images ever. The three towering columns of gas bathed in the light of hot, young stars came to be called the Pillars of Creation — and they showed up on everything from t-shirts to coffee mugs to rugs. Now, to celebrate its …