Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Reach for the Stars...

Just like this hand-shaped nebula!

How incredible is this image? It was just captured by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory
and I can't stop staring at it!

The shape of the nebula formed due to the pulsar's extremely rapid rotation and it's "fingers" seem to be giving off tons of energy, maybe even to the gas cloud it's reaching for.

Man, outer space is so incredibly beautiful and just plain badass!

-lauren//milkmouth


[facts and photo acquired by www.nationalgeographic.com]

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