00:00Visit Chandra's Beautiful Universe
00:05MSH 1552
00:10In 2009, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory released a captivating image,
00:15a pulsar and its surrounding nebula, that is shaped like a hand.
00:20Since then, astronomers have used Chandra and other telescopes
00:24to continue to observe this object.
00:27Now, new radio data from the Australia Telescope Compact Array
00:31has been combined with Chandra's X-ray data
00:34to provide a fresh view of this exploded star and its environment
00:38and help understand its peculiar properties.
00:42At the center of this new image lies the pulsar B1509-58,
00:47a rapidly spinning neutron star that is only about 12 miles in diameter.
00:52This tiny object is responsible for producing an intricate nebula,
00:56called MSH 1552, that spans over 150 light-years, or about 900 trillion miles.
01:05The nebula, which is produced by energetic particles,
01:09resembles a human hand with a palm and extended fingers
01:12pointing to the upper right in X-rays.
01:15The collapse of a massive star created the pulsar
01:18when much of the star crashed inward once it burned through its sustainable nuclear fuel.
01:23An ensuing explosion sent the star's outer layers outward into space as a supernova.
01:30The pulsar spins around almost seven times every second
01:34and has a strong magnetic field about 15 trillion times stronger than the Earth's.
01:40The rapid rotation and strong magnetic fields make B1509-58 one of the most powerful electromagnetic generators in the galaxy,
01:49enabling it to drive an energetic wind of electrons and other particles away from the pulsar, creating the nebula.
01:57This new composite image from Chandra and radio data, plus an optical image,
02:02reveals complex filaments that are aligned with the directions of the nebula's magnetic field,
02:07shown by straight lines in this image.
02:10These filaments could result from the collision of the pulsar's particle wind with the supernova's debris.
02:16By comparing the radio and X-ray data, researchers identified key differences between the sources of the two types of light.
02:25This helps reveal many unique features, not found in other young sources.
02:30There are, however, still many open questions regarding the formation and evolution of these structures.
02:37Further simulation works are needed to provide better understanding of the complex interplay between the pulsar wind and the supernova ejecta.
02:46This is the second view here, the third view of the pulsar wind.
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02:49So they are doing what they use to charge the pulsar wind between the pulsar wind
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