NASA X-ray Telescopes Reveal the “Bones” of a Ghostly Cosmic Hand
2023年10月30日 · Young pulsars can create jets of matter and antimatter moving away from the poles of the pulsar, along with an intense wind, forming a “pulsar wind nebula”. This one, known as MSH 15-52, has a shape resembling a human hand and provides insight into how these objects are formed.
New telescope images reveal ghostly ‘God’s Hand’ in Milky ... - CNN
2024年5月8日 · What appears to be a ghostly hand reaching across the universe toward a defenseless spiral galaxy in a new telescope image is a rarely seen cosmic phenomenon, according to astronomers. The Dark...
NASA Telescopes Spot Bones of 'Ghostly' Cosmic Hand
2023年10月31日 · NASA's X-ray space telescopes have revealed the "bones" of an enormous cosmic hand. This marks the second "ghostly" apparition to be spotted by NASA this Halloween week. Of course, the structure...
High-Energy X-ray View of ‘Hand of God’ - NASA
2014年1月9日 · NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has imaged the structure in high-energy X-rays for the first time, shown in blue. Can you see the shape of a hand in this new X-ray image? The hand might look like an X-ray from the doctor’s office, but it is actually a cloud of material ejected from a star that exploded.
'Bones' of cosmic hand revealed in creepy NASA X-ray telescope …
2023年10月31日 · NASA's newest X-ray space telescope has captured a ghostly view of a stellar explosion whose remains resemble a skeleton hand in deep space — and just in time for Halloween. The "ghostly hand"...
Cosmic Chills: The Mysterious Ghost Hand Discovered by
2023年10月31日 · NASA ’s Chandra and IXPE telescopes unveil the magnetic “bones” of the “hand”-shaped pulsar wind nebula, MSH 15-52, offering groundbreaking insights into X-ray polarization and magnetic field dynamics.
Eerie new NASA image shows "ghostly cosmic hand" 16,000 light …
2023年10月31日 · The nebula in this neutron star is known as MSH 15-52, and resembles a human hand. In the image, the pulsar is the "palm" of the hand, with five ghostly "fingers" stretching on.
The science behind NASA’s ‘ghost hand’ image - Astronomy …
2023年10月31日 · Two of NASA’s orbiting X-ray observatories have combined efforts this Halloween, imaging a ghost hand reaching out to us from space. But all is not as it appears. This skeletal hand is actually...
New findings reveal the 'bones' in the ghost-like 'cosmic hand' nebula
Using two X-ray telescopes, astronomers have visualized the ‘bones’ in one of space's most haunting phenomena, the pulsar wind nebula MSH 15-52, also known as the ‘cosmic hand' or 'hand of...
Unveiling the Ethereal “God’s Hand” Nebula: A ... - NASA Space …
2024年5月9日 · A breathtaking new image captured by the Dark Energy Camera has brought to light a cosmic wonder – a cloud of gas and dust eerily reminiscent of a ghostly hand reaching across the vast expanse of space. This phenomenon, aptly nicknamed “God’s Hand,” is a rare type of nebula known as a cometary globule.