Hand Of God Pulsar Wind Nebula is a photograph by Nasa/jpl-caltech/mcgill which was uploaded on June 27th, 2016.
Hand Of God Pulsar Wind Nebula
Hand of God pulsar wind nebula. Composite image showing the pulsar wind nebula nicknamed the 'Hand of God'. This cloud of material was ejected from a... more
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Hand Of God Pulsar Wind Nebula
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Nasa/jpl-caltech/mcgill
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Hand of God pulsar wind nebula. Composite image showing the pulsar wind nebula nicknamed the 'Hand of God'. This cloud of material was ejected from a star that blew up in a supernova explosion. The dead remains of the star at the centre (not visible) is a pulsar named B1509 (PSR B1509-58), which fires out a particle wind into the material around it. These particles are interacting with magnetic fields around the material, causing it to glow with X-rays. Image composed of high-energy X-ray data from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR, blue) and lower-energy X-ray data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory (green and red).
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June 27th, 2016