Hand-shaped nebula reaches for the stars
NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory recently snapped the image of this unusual hand-shaped nebula. The by-product of a star gone supernova, its energetic particles span 150 light-years. This is big considering their source (a pulsar) spans a mere 19.3 km. The particles have had such wide reach because the pulsar spins incredibly fast: seven complete rotations […]
