In a Halloween-worthy cosmic revelation, NASA's "spooktacular" Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has ventured into the eerie expanse of MSH 15-52, a celestial structure reminiscent of a ...

NASA's newest X-ray space telescope has captured a ghostly view of a stellar explosion whose remains resemble a skeleton hand in deep space — and just in time for Halloween. The "ghostly hand" — ...

Captured through the powerful lens of X-ray telescopes, the ethereal expanse of a pulsar wind nebula is revealed in unprecedented detail. Reading time 2 minutes Move over, Pillars of Creation—there’s ...

Located 16,000 light-years from Earth, MSH 15-52 was first observed by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in 2001. The pulsar PSR B1509-58 is located at the base of the "palm" of MSH 15-52 and shoots ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — NASA has released images of a pulsar wind nebula, referred to as MSH 15-52, which closely resembles a ghostly cosmic hand. Using the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, NASA ...

In 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays and used them to image the bones in his wife’s hand, kicking off a revolutionary diagnostic tool for medicine. Now two of NASA’s X-ray space telescopes have ...

Two of NASA’s orbiting X-ray observatories have combined efforts this Halloween, imaging a ghost hand reaching out to us from space. But all is not as it appears. This skeletal hand is actually the ...

Astronomers have taken a fresh look at the famous “Hand of God” pulsar, combining X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra Observatory with new radio observations from the Australia Telescope Compact Array. At ...

Wilhelm Röntgen, a German physicist, accidentally discovered the X-ray in 1895 while tinkering in his lab. At the time, ...

Astronomers have spotted what looks just like a ghostly skeleton hand floating in outer space some 16,000 light-years from Earth. A spooky image taken by NASA’s newest X-ray telescope, the Imaging ...

Independence Day is just one of many holidays in which Americans launch fireworks late into the night. Some states forbid people from launching their own fireworks, but that doesn’t stop many who have ...