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Post by Longevity on Apr 6, 2009 23:25:02 GMT -5
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). Source - Space.com staff on Yahoo
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Post by CIVILISON on Apr 7, 2009 0:27:33 GMT -5
Oooh shnaap that's dope! If I was to break it down in terms of symbolism and deeper meaning I would say this... I see like a head of a snake right in the top middle of the sun disc. The blue hand (blue symbolizing calm, passive energies) is reaching out for the solar disc the orange-red life force symbolized in the energetic unity of billions of suns comprising this galaxy. The hand could be a symbol of action, work or grabbing onto something, assimilating. At the core of the hand is the central vortex, the chakra. The hand could also be out to cool it or limit the influence of the extreme energies - a spiritual cartoon.
Haha I don't know why my imagination took me there but that's how I breaks it down. It looks like it's photoshoped, crazy pic tho.
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Post by ..?The UneXplained?.. on Jul 17, 2009 3:17:37 GMT -5
PEACE
...great pic
the Universe is a beautiful place.
Check the Eye of God in my sig and avatar.
PEACE, BE STILL
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Post by Longevity on Jul 21, 2009 17:18:13 GMT -5
Yes both are truely beautiful. I should post my views on what the universe really is. *Shah I think you and I built on this back in the day*
I'll post if y'all want me to.
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Post by ..?The UneXplained?.. on Jul 22, 2009 0:05:49 GMT -5
P.E.A.C.E and Blessings Longevity...
"I should post my views on what the universe really is. I'll post if y'all want me to."
Definitely post that. The universe is something that has really interested me lately. Pics like the one you posted, and in my sig just leave me awe struck at the moment.
I'm looking forward to your post.
PEACE, Be Still...
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