SMRTR Science & EngineeringSep 3, 2025Medium

How a dead star carved the “Hand of God” in space

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A dead star has created a stunning "Hand of God" formation visible in X-ray light, spanning 150 light-years in our Milky Way. This remarkable nebula, first captured by NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory, exists 17,000 light-years away near a star-forming region in Circinus and was initially detected in 1982 with the discovery of pulsar PSR B1509-58.

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