The pillars of M16, shown in Figure 18-20 of Universe, 11th ed., are eroding from:
A) intense electromagnetic radiation from the newly forming stars within the cocoons.
B) ultraviolet radiation from nearby O and B stars.
C) radioactivity.
D) bipolar jets from within the pillars.
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