{"id":273631,"date":"2025-08-27T02:08:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T16:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=58a84a04ce2f3ab2a55df0511f2daea8"},"modified":"2025-08-27T02:08:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T16:08:59","slug":"reaching-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=273631","title":{"rendered":"Reaching Out"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Near the center of this image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory lies the pulsar B1509-58, a rapidly spinning neutron star that is only about 12 miles in diameter. This tiny object is responsible for producing an intricate nebula that resembles a human hand with a palm and extended fingers pointing to the upper right.<\/div>\n
X-ray: NASA\/CXC\/Univ. of Hong Kong\/S. Zhang et al.; Radio: ATNF\/CSIRO\/ATCA; H-alpha: UK STFC\/Royal Observatory Edinburgh; Image Processing: NASA\/CXC\/SAO\/N. Wolk<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

This image released on Aug. 20, 2025, combines new radio data<\/a> from the Australia Telescope Compact Array with X-ray data from NASA\u2019s Chandra X-ray Observatory<\/a>. Chandra first released an image of this pulsar and its surrounding hand-shaped nebula in 2009. The new data provides a fresh view of this exploded star and its environment, which could help scientists understand its peculiar properties and shape.<\/p>\n

Image credit: X-ray: NASA\/CXC\/Univ. of Hong Kong\/S. Zhang et al.; Radio: ATNF\/CSIRO\/ATCA; H-alpha: UK STFC\/Royal Observatory Edinburgh; Image Processing: NASA\/CXC\/SAO\/N. Wolk<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This image released on Aug. 20, 2025, combines new radio data from the Australia Telescope Compact Array with X-ray data from NASA\u2019s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Chandra first released an image of this pulsar and its surrounding hand-shaped nebula in 2009. The new data provides a fresh view of this exploded star and its environment, which [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15616,16558],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-273631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nebulae","category-pulsars"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t