Speaking of NASA, somebody page
Jim Starlin (and file this
next to the Great Eye): Another holdover from last week, The agency’s Chandra X-Ray Laboratory
captures an eerie and beautiful galactic “hand” reaching across the cosmos. “
[T]he display is caused by a young and powerful pulsar, known by the rather prosaic name of PSR B1509-58…The space agency says B1509 — created by a collapsed star — is one of the most powerful electromagnetic generators in the Galaxy. The nebula is formed by a torrent of electrons and ions emitted by the 1,700-year-old phenomenon. The finger-like structures are apparently caused by ‘energizing knots of material in a neighboring gas cloud,’ NASA says.”