New findings reveal the 'bones' in the ghost-like 'cosmic hand' nebula

The flow of energetic particles around the 'hand' has been revealed in the new paper

Astronomers have revealed more dramatic details of one of our most ghostly discoveries, the pulsar wind nebula MSH 15-52, also known as the ‘cosmic hand’ or 'hand of God'. By combining the powers of two X-ray telescopes, NASA’s powerful Chandra X-ray Observatory and Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), researchers have now visualized the magnetic field ‘bones’ within the ghost-like phenomenon.

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