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Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 9:00 am Post subject: WIRED Space Photo of the Day: Reaching for the Stars |
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A small, dense object only 12 miles in diameter is responsible for this beautiful X-ray nebula that spans 150 light years. At the center of this image made by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is a very young and powerful pulsar, known as PSR B1509-58, or B1509 for short. The pulsar is a rapidly spinning neutron star which is spewing energy out into the space around it to create complex and intriguing structures, including one that resembles a large cosmic hand. <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'> </td></tr></table></div><br/><br/> <br/> <br/> <br/><br/>
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