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Joined: Sun Feb 12 2006, 01:08AMPosts: 2039 |
This is and actual image captured by the Chandra X-ray Telescope The (somewhat dumbed down) story behind it: -[link]- Tiny and dying but still-powerful stars called pulsars spin like crazy and light up their surroundings, often with ghostly glows. So it is with PSR B1509-58, which long ago collapsed into a sphere just 12 miles in diameter after running out of fuel. And what a strange scene this one has created. In a new image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, high-energy X-rays emanating from the nebula around PSR B1509-58 have been colored blue to reveal a structure resembling a hand reaching for some eternal red cosmic light. The star now spins around at the dizzying pace of seven times every second -- as pulsars do -- spewing energy into space that creates the scene. Strong magnetic fields, 15 trillion times stronger than the Earth's magnetic field, are thought to be involved, too. The combination drives an energetic wind of electrons and ions away from the dying star. As the electrons move through the magnetized nebula, they radiate away their energy as X-rays. The red light actually a neighboring gas cloud, RCW 89, energized into glowing by the fingers of the PSR B1509-58 nebula, astronomers believe. The scene, which spans 150 light-years, is about 17,000 light years away, so what we see now is how it actually looked 17,000 years ago, and that light is just arriving here. A light-year is the distance light travels in a year, about 6 trillion miles (10 trillion kilometers). |
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| Madvillain |
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make u wonder about what? theres nothing here but some crazy scientific shit about this random occurance of light jus happening to look like a hand. that is all. | ||
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peacebypeice
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damn cool shit tho... very nice toasty | ||
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| JapJap |
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Sup son?
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Astronomy = amazing. | ||
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| gLiTch |
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Anal Assassin
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Joined: Mon Oct 09 2006, 04:58AMPosts: 3848 |
what i like this the last thing said Toasters wrote ... he scene, which spans 150 light-years, is about 17,000 light years away, so what we see now is how it actually looked 17,000 years ago, and that light is just arriving here. That's some crazy shit. BTW, hand of god anyone? |
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b4ndito
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I love stuff like this. It's so much better than Slick's shitty links to bad music. | ||
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| 3stripeninja |
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Joined: Thu Mar 15 2007, 09:37PMPosts: 471 |
gLiTch wrote ... what i like this the last thing said Toasters wrote ... he scene, which spans 150 light-years, is about 17,000 light years away, so what we see now is how it actually looked 17,000 years ago, and that light is just arriving here. That's some crazy shit. BTW, hand of god anyone? its w/e u make it, i see a pony/horse no joke flip it clockwise tell me u dont see it Edited Tue Apr 07 2009, 11:59PM |
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| Madvillain |
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Registered Member #445
Joined: Sun Oct 01 2006, 11:42PM Posts: 2233 |
lmao it is a ponyhorse lol | ||
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| Wolf |
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Joined: Mon Dec 26 2005, 04:56AMPosts: 331 |
Whoa God was a ponyhorse? You're blowin' my fuckin' mind. I wonder if he wore pants? |
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Registered Member #445
Joined: Sun Oct 01 2006, 11:42PM Posts: 2233 |
whats a "pants" ? lol ***HIJACKING IN PROGRESS** Edited Wed Apr 08 2009, 02:12AM |
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