As it spins, it throws out particles upheaved during the star’s death, which interact with magnetic fields around the ejected material, causing it to glow with X-rays.
More...New ‘Hand of God’ photo captured by Nasa
New ‘Hand of God’ photo captured by Nasa
A new image of the pulsar wind nebula known as the ‘Hand of God’ has been captured by US space agency Nasa’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR).
The photograph captured by the telescope shows the nebula 17,000 light-years away, which is powered by a dead, spinning star called PSR B1509-58. The pulsar itself is just 19 kilometres long, but spins around nearly seven times every second.
As it spins, it throws out particles upheaved during the star’s death, which interact with magnetic fields around the ejected material, causing it to glow with X-rays.
More...New ‘Hand of God’ photo captured by Nasa
As it spins, it throws out particles upheaved during the star’s death, which interact with magnetic fields around the ejected material, causing it to glow with X-rays.
More...New ‘Hand of God’ photo captured by Nasa
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