Awesome photo from Space

[MA-Caver]

Cosmic Hand Reaches for the Light

space.com – Sat Apr 4, 8:17 pm ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090405/sc_space/cosmichandreachesforthelightTiny and dying but still-powerful stars called pulsars spin like crazy and light up their surroundings, often with ghostly glows. So it is with PSR B1509-58, which long ago collapsed into a sphere just 12 miles in diameter after running out of fuel.
And what a strange scene this one has created.
In a new image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, high-energy X-rays emanating from the nebula around PSR B1509-58 have been colored blue to reveal a structure resembling a hand reaching for some eternal red cosmic light.

Amazing what is out there and what is out there that we haven't seen ... yet.

 

[arnisador]

Yes, amazing pic!

 

[astrobiologist]

Definitely.

I just found out I leave to work for the NASA Academy again this summer in California in two months. I'm stoked. I love hanging out with rocket scientists and astrophysicists...