The new "Hand of God" image reveals a nebula located 17 light-years away from us and at its core is a spinning dead star (pulsar) named PSR B1509-58 from a 1,700-year-old supernova event. The pulsar is the remnant of a star that exploded in a supernova.
NASA's Nostar space telescope photographed a dead star and black holes, in a pulsar known colloquially as the "Hand of God", but in this photo, which was taken with X-rays, the hand looks like an X-ray.
Contrary to Fox News' claim that the photo proves the existence of God, The NASA image just shows another routine space object whose shape differs slightly from the average nebula in that it resembles the shape of a hand, which may trigger an unnecessary meme just like the previous one about another nebula known as the eye of God.
A new photograph of the NuSTAR satellite (NuSTAR - Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) proved the telescope's ability to photograph near and far objects. One of the images shows the energetic remains of a dead star, a structure known colloquially as the "Hand of God" due to its resemblance to a human hand.
"NoStar's unique perspective of high-energy X-ray imaging illuminates previously well-studied objects in a new light," said Fiona Harrison, the mission's principal investigator at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
Nustar was launched into space on June 13, 2012, on a mission to explore the universe in the field of high-energy X-rays. It observes black holes, dying or exploding stars and other extreme objects in the Milky Way galaxy and beyond.
The new "Hand of God" image reveals a nebula located 17 light-years away from us and at its center is a spinning dead star (pulsar) named PSR B1509-58 from a 1,700-year-old supernova event. The pulsar is the remnant of a star that exploded in a supernova. The diameter of the pulsar is only about 19 kilometers but it is packed in a large "bag": it spins almost seven times a second, and shoots particles into the material ejected from the star during its violent death. These particles collide in the magnetic field around the material ejected in the star's explosion and cause them to glow in the X-ray field. The result is a cloud that in previous photographs looks like an open hand.
One of the mysteries of objects of this type - known as the pulsar wind nebula - is whether the particles interact with the material in a certain way that makes them look like a hand, or whether the shape of the material itself resembles a hand.
"We don't know if the shape of the hand is an optical illusion," says Hongjom An of McGill University in Montreal, Canada. "With Nostar, the hand looks more like a fist, which gives us some clues."
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I agree with Uri on this
Why bring in a matter that is not his business? Fox in this case say exactly the right thing
Not nice and unacceptable from you, I expect more credibility
But, precisely the last paragraph of the Fox News article proves exactly the opposite (when they explain that it is a well-known psychological phenomenon that the human mind finds familiar shapes in everything).
The opening alludes to the anti-scientific view of Fox News, which denies evolution and global warming at every opportunity.
Father, why just slander Fox News? Nowhere in their article does it claim that this nebula proves the existence of God. Smears and rhetorical fallacies are the domain of creationists, leave it to them
As you said without being able to philosophize, and from my experience of going back in time, I hope that the good will rise to the top
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Philosophizing requires a high ability in what you are clearly not blessed with. You also sound very pathetic and lacking in substantive ability which puts you in semi-visual regression as well.
If Jung wasn't a philosophizer, maybe I could learn something, as long as it wasn't a kiss from a prince, let me believe from experience in the parallel worlds, and see in my memory what is hidden from your narrow eyes of dimensions, with respect to blowing water
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I've been following your comments for a while now and the conclusion is rather bleak. You suffer from unrealized awakening syndrome. Simply put, worse than Sleeping Beauty. I invite you to be treated by me and by Carl Jung.
Dear Mr. Nissim, thank you for the direction to happiness, I am not saying that everything is beautiful in turning back time, but I like to tell the truth, even though it was elusive, elusive in parallel worlds
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Did you think maybe going back in time and staying there? Many will be happy…..
Honorable Mr. Erid, since I was a little busy with turning back the time, the distance doesn't matter that much and time can also play along the way, have a nice day and Shabbos Shalom
Well, since it is 17 thousand light years away and happened 1700 years ago from us, then there is no doubt that God has not been with us for a long time.
What is surprising in the story is that, despite the distance in space and time, many communicate with him on a daily basis.