This X-Ray image of Pulsar B1509, approximately 17000 light years away from earth was captured by Nasa's Chandra observatory, which is orbiting earth about 360 miles up. Astronomers have dubbed it "The Hand of God", and if you look at it its pretty obvious why.
Nice picture, and pretty impressive when you think that a little pulsar about 15 miles across can produce a gaseous cloud like that which is about 150 light years across.
If it is god, i'm impressed.
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