NASA’s telescope has photographed a “ghost hand” at the ends of the universe

Recorded by NASA’s newest X-ray space telescope A unique image of a star explosionWhich resembles its remains Skeleton hand In deep space.

The Ghost Hand – officially known as MSH 15-52 – was created by the death of one of their own Huge star. This catastrophic event is called Supernova explosionAnd left behind the fast spinning, The stellar carcass is very denseknown as a pulsar.

Pulsars are Rotating neutron stars Which has a strong Magnetic fieldswhich creates Powerful jets of charged particles And intense winds Which forms what is known as the pulsating wind nebula. The pulsar PSR B1509-58 is located near the center of the image – or at the base of its palm Not 15-52 – It shoots particles into space, creating a glowing shape Human handAccording to a NASA announcement.

Use it NASA’s X-ray Imaging Polarization Explorer (IXPE).Launched in December 2021, scientists observed MSH 15-52 for about 17 days, revealing new details about the pulsar’s magnetic field and the direction of the X-ray jets, also known as X-ray polarization.

Space telescope showed that the amount of polarization is significantly high in large regions of MSH 15-52which suggests its presence Small disturbance In these areas of it nebula From the winds of a pulsar. This creates straight, uniform magnetic field lines (seen on the fingers and thumb), while the compound, Troubled areas give particles”energy boost“, which can be seen in distinct, bright X-ray jets near the ‘wrist’ of the hand-shaped structure, according to the statement.