More information: Sanja Lazarević et al, Fast as Potoroo: Radio Continuum Detection of a Bow-Shock Pulsar Wind Nebula Powered by Pulsar J1638-4713, arXiv (2023). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2312.06961 ...

A pulsar wind nebula known as MSH 15-52 resembles the “bones of a ghostly cosmic hand.” NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Schmidt ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

This indicates that the pulsar is leading ahead of the pulsar wind nebula it powers, as it pushes its way through surrounding matter at a speed of around 2.2 million miles (3.5 million km) per hour.

“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.

This phenomenon is called a pulsar wind nebula. In this new image, the hazy light blue halo corresponds to the first-ever X-ray polarization data for Vela, which comes from NASA’s Imaging X-ray ...

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 ...

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