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MSH 15-52 is a pulsar wind nebula that formed when a giant star collapsed in on itself 1,500 years ago. NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Schmidt Researchers said that in the nebula, there is a “remarkably high ...

As spooky season wraps, NASA has a final Halloween treat. Using two X-ray telescopes, astronomers have visualized the ‘bones’ in one of space's most haunting phenomena, the pulsar wind nebula ...

The pulsar wind nebula in this neutron star is known as MSH 15-52 and resembles the bones of a human hand. It was first discovered by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory in 2001.

NASA The nebula in this neutron star is known as MSH 15-52, and resembles a human hand. In the image, the pulsar is the "palm" of the hand, with five ghostly "fingers" stretching on.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — NASA has released images of a pulsar wind nebula, referred to as MSH 15-52, which closely resembles a ghostly cosmic hand. Using the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, NASA ...

“IXPE data show that the Crab Nebula’s magnetic field resembles that of the Vela Pulsar Wind Nebula, which is also donut-shaped,” officials said in the release.

Okay, really it’s not a new show—better to call it a revival. The eerie pulsar wind nebula spreads from the pulsar PSR B1509-58, first observed by the Chandra X-ray Observatory in 2001.

A pulsar wind nebula could explain the extended infrared emission observed by astronomers around the neutron star RX J0806.4-4123.

There is a chance, however, that this energetic object is not a nebula wind pulsar at all. Instead, it might be a magnetar, a neutron star with an extremely powerful magnetic field that might be ...

They concluded that the best explanation is a pulsar wind nebula. In this scenario, a star much more massive than the Sun exploded as a supernova, leaving behind a neutron star.