nani* Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 NASA presented the image of a nebula generated by the material ejected from a star that exploded and became supernova called " The Hand of God." This is the first time a high definition image is captured, where we see the extended fingers and thumb object at about 17 thousand light years from Earth and discovered in the 80s. The X-ray picture was captured by the telescope NuSTAR Address Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). NASA scientists are not sure if the ejected material has taken the shape of a hand or whether its interaction with the particles of the pulsar wind nebula makes it look that way. "We do not know if the image of the hand is an optical illusion," said Hongjun An McGill University in Montreal, Canada, in a statement of the NuSTAR mission. NuSTAR scientists hope the image helps provide insight into the phenomenon of black holes and how they grow and interact with the galaxies. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TulsaGeoff Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Pretty cool looking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dare2BeFair / Captain. Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Wow! Looks like I have a new PC wallpaper! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redy. Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Just 4 fingers??? Looks like God is a Simpson... But but... The Simpson God has 5 fingers. ..I'm confused... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chameleon Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Very amazing pic for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheepHeep Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Nowadays technologies allows to see beauties like this What a great find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meow Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 this is amazing. I hope we can find life somewhere in the universe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narc Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 We have found life in several places, it just rarely gets media coverage due to the political ties between media sources, outlets, and religious financial backers. Anyways google it and you shall see, a good place to start would be the extraterrestrial worm they found inside that asteroid a few years back. We have found countless planets with the same water-born hydrogenated atmosphere as earth, and if I'm not mistaken the last rover found traces of life-now-extinct on mars, back when it was blue as earth and apparently teeming with life. Really powerful people get upset when you show the world "alien" life, and angering really powerful people is a great way to not get to show anyone anything anymore As for OP's pic, I think I will compile all the "god's anatomy" astronomy some time or another.. God's fingers are also quite a spectacular sight (otherwise known as the pillars of creation) Stars are nifty ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kali- Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 An amazing site to be sure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper.D.Jack Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 amazing picture,never heard of that. thank you for sharing this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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