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Space Images That will make you mesmerized

21/10/2024 Clovia Peterson 96

Image Credit : NASA

God's Hand

At the center of this Chandra image is a pulsar that is just twelve miles wide, yet it creates an X-ray nebula that stretches across 150 light years. This pulsar spins nearly seven times per second and has a magnetic field at its surface that is about 15 trillion times stronger than Earth's. The combination of its rapid rotation and extremely strong magnetic field produces a powerful wind of electrons and ions, which ultimately forms the intricate nebula observed by Chandra.