Stars Inside the Pillars
Also known as Pillars of Creation
In infrared the dust thins out, and the newborn stars eating the columns show as red marks along their edges.
Dark grey and light grey are not available in this size.
The Pillars of Creation stand in the Eagle Nebula, Messier 16, about 6,500 light years away in Serpens. The James Webb Space Telescope photographed them in infrared, where the dust that blocks visible light turns close to transparent, and the image was released on 19 October 2022. The crimson patches along the edges are bow shocks, thrown up where stars only a few hundred thousand years old fire jets into the surrounding cloud. No distant galaxies show behind the columns because the gas and dust of the nebula closes off the view.
Three dark columns, a field of gold stars, red marks where the edges are being worn away. Nothing behind them comes through. The image has a back wall, and you find it.
Size, frame and mount
Each of our frame sizes is measured across the glaze, the clear acrylic front of the frame.
Why Perspex. We use high quality Perspex, as clear as glass, so you see the photograph exactly as it should look. It is also light and shatter resistant, so it protects the photograph, arrives safely wherever you are, and keeps even the largest frame easy to hang. Museum glass with UV protection costs a great deal more, and we would rather keep our prints at a price more people can enjoy. Prefer glass? Ask us.
Made to order, where and how
Every print is made for you when you place an order, so we stay in control of every step, from the file we restored for the book to the finished print. Our studios in the US, the UK, the EU and Australia each print for their own region.
Framed prints are giclée printed on fine art paper, set in an acid free white mount behind acrylic glazing, and framed in sustainably sourced wood with a smooth satin finish.
Delivery and returns
Free shipping worldwide, insured and tracked.
1. Made for you. Your print is made to order and ready for the courier within 24 to 96 hours.
2. On its way. Delivery then usually takes:
- United Kingdom: 1 to 3 working days
- United States: 1 to 5 working days
- Europe: 1 to 10 working days
- Rest of the world: 2 to 15 working days
You get a tracking link by email as soon as it leaves the studio. Need it by a certain date? Get in touch and we will check what is possible.
Returns. Every print is made for you, so we cannot take returns for a change of mind. Damaged in transit, or not what you expected? Email us photographs of it and the packaging within 30 days and we will put it right.
DeliveryOur most asked questions
Most NASA and space prints online come from old, low resolution press release images, recycled across the internet. Ours start from NASA’s scans of the original film and its processed mission images, restored from scratch with the latest tools. They are the same high quality restorations that feature in our bestselling books.
Neither. It is the glaze, the clear Perspex at the front of the frame. The photograph sits inside a mount, so it is smaller: a 20 × 20 in glaze holds a 16 × 16 in photograph. The frame is 7/8 in (22 mm) deep.
Yes. The hanging hardware is already fitted to the back: a cobra hook on frames up to about 27.5 × 39.4 in (70 × 100 cm), and a sawtooth hanger on larger frames. A screw or a nail in the wall is all you need.
Framed prints are giclée printed on fine art paper, then mounted and framed by hand. Photo art prints are printed on 240gsm lustre photo paper with a satin finish, right to the edge. Both are printed from the files we restored for the books.
A framed print leaves our studio within 24 to 96 hours, a photo art print within 24 to 72 hours. After that, delivery usually takes:
- United States: 1 to 5 working days
- United Kingdom: 1 to 3 working days
- Europe: 1 to 10 working days
- Rest of the world: 2 to 15 working days
These are usual times rather than guarantees, and parcels often arrive sooner.
Print size
Printed to the edge. No border, mount or frame.
Cut the mount window slightly smaller than the print.
Cut the mount window slightly smaller than the print.
Cut the mount window slightly smaller than the print.
Made to order, where and how
Every print is made for you when you place an order, so we stay in control of every step, from the file we restored for the book to the finished print. Our studios in the US, the UK, the EU and Australia each print for their own region.
Photo art prints are printed on 240gsm lustre photo paper with a satin finish, right to the edge, with no white border. They are rolled in tissue paper for shipping.
Delivery and returns
Free shipping worldwide, insured and tracked.
1. Made for you. Your print is made to order and ready for the courier within 24 to 72 hours.
2. On its way. Delivery then usually takes:
- United Kingdom: 1 to 3 working days
- United States: 1 to 4 working days
- Europe: 1 to 8 working days
- Rest of the world: 2 to 15 working days
You get a tracking link by email as soon as it leaves the studio. Need it by a certain date? Get in touch and we will check what is possible.
Returns. Every print is made for you, so we cannot take returns for a change of mind. Damaged in transit, or not what you expected? Email us photographs of it and the packaging within 30 days and we will put it right.
DeliveryOur most asked questions
Most NASA and space prints online come from old, low resolution press release images, recycled across the internet. Ours start from NASA’s scans of the original film and its processed mission images, restored from scratch with the latest tools. They are the same high quality restorations that feature in our bestselling books.
Neither. It is the glaze, the clear Perspex at the front of the frame. The photograph sits inside a mount, so it is smaller: a 20 × 20 in glaze holds a 16 × 16 in photograph. The frame is 7/8 in (22 mm) deep.
Yes. The hanging hardware is already fitted to the back: a cobra hook on frames up to about 27.5 × 39.4 in (70 × 100 cm), and a sawtooth hanger on larger frames. A screw or a nail in the wall is all you need.
Framed prints are giclée printed on fine art paper, then mounted and framed by hand. Photo art prints are printed on 240gsm lustre photo paper with a satin finish, right to the edge. Both are printed from the files we restored for the books.
A framed print leaves our studio within 24 to 96 hours, a photo art print within 24 to 72 hours. After that, delivery usually takes:
- United States: 1 to 5 working days
- United Kingdom: 1 to 3 working days
- Europe: 1 to 10 working days
- Rest of the world: 2 to 15 working days
These are usual times rather than guarantees, and parcels often arrive sooner.
The phone case
Two layers protect your phone. The outer shell is strong, lightweight, aircraft grade polycarbonate: impact resistant and shatterproof. Inside, a flexible black liner absorbs the shock of drops and falls.
The photograph is printed edge to edge, around every corner, side and edge, and the gloss finish brings out the colour.
Each case is moulded to fit your model precisely, with clear, open ports. Cases for iPhone 16, 17 and 18 have MagSafe built in (not the 16e and 17e). Cases for older iPhones, Galaxy and Pixel have no magnets. Wireless charging works with all cases. Made for 39 models of iPhone, Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel: choose yours above. Phone not listed? Email us and we'll check if we can make it.
Each case is made to order in our studios in the US, the UK, the EU and Australia. In Europe it comes from our EU or UK studio, and usually arrives 3 to 8 working days after it leaves the studio.
To clean it, wipe it with a damp cloth. Avoid harsh chemicals and alcohol based cleaners.
Delivery and returns
Free shipping worldwide. In Europe your case comes from our EU or UK studio. Cases sent from the UK go by standard post, without tracking.
1. Made for you. Your case is made to order and ready for the courier within 48 to 72 hours.
2. On its way. Delivery then usually takes:
- United Kingdom: 1 to 3 working days
- United States: 2 to 5 working days
- Europe: 3 to 8 working days
- Rest of the world: 1 to 12 working days
Where the parcel is tracked, you get a tracking link by email as soon as it leaves the studio. Need it by a certain date? Get in touch and we will check what is possible.
Returns. Every case is made for you, so we cannot take returns for a change of mind. Damaged in transit, or not what you expected? Email us photographs of it and the packaging within 30 days and we will put it right.
DeliveryOur most asked questions
Most NASA and space prints online come from old, low resolution press release images, recycled across the internet. Ours start from NASA’s scans of the original film and its processed mission images, restored from scratch with the latest tools. They are the same high quality restorations that feature in our bestselling books.
39 models: iPhone 12 to iPhone 18 Pro Max, Samsung Galaxy S23 to S26 Ultra, and Google Pixel 8 and 9. Check the exact model name in your phone's settings before you order. Phone not listed? Email us and we'll check if we can make it.
Cases for iPhone 16, 17 and 18 have MagSafe built in (not the 16e and 17e). Cases for older iPhones, Galaxy and Pixel have no magnets. Wireless charging works with all cases.
The photograph is printed edge to edge, around every corner, side and edge of the case, with a gloss finish. It is printed from the file we restored for the book.
A phone case is made in our studios in the US, the UK, the EU and Australia, and leaves the studio within 48 to 72 hours. In Europe it comes from our EU or UK studio. After that, delivery usually takes:
- United States: 2 to 5 working days
- United Kingdom: 1 to 3 working days
- Europe: 3 to 8 working days
- Australia: 2 to 8 working days
- Rest of the world: 1 to 12 working days
These are usual times rather than guarantees, and parcels often arrive sooner.
Frame by frame
Telescopes and robotic spacecraft see in numbers. Their pictures come home as raw data, beamed down from orbit or across the solar system, often as separate black and white exposures, one for each filter, some of them in light our eyes cannot see, such as infrared and ultraviolet.
Image processing teams at NASA and its partners then clean, align and combine those exposures into colour, giving the light we cannot see colours we can. That is how the photograph you know is made. We take it from there: starting from NASA's own files, at the highest resolution we can find, we restore and refine each image to make it better still in print. Where it helps, we go back further, to the raw data itself, as we did for our VOYAGER book.
Drag to compare the photograph before restoration with the restored print. On a phone, tap to compare.
Restored for the books
Many space prints online are made from old, low quality copies. Ours are made from the files we restored for our books, cleaned up frame by frame. No airbrushing, nothing added: we keep it true to the original.
Made to order
Each print is made for you when you place an order, in our studios in the US, the UK, the EU and Australia. No prints sitting around gathering dust.
No surprises at the door
Prints for the US, the UK, the EU and Australia are made in that region, so they never cross a border. Faster delivery, and no import fees to pay when it arrives.
Free shipping worldwide
Prints are insured and tracked all the way to your door, for extra peace of mind.
The NASA Photo Book
From NASA’s Early Flights to Artemis, teNeues, 2026. The photograph was researched and restored for the book.
