NASA Captures Eerie Image of Ghostly Cosmic Hand in Space

NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has captured an eerie image of a pulsar wind nebula resembling a ghostly skeleton hand floating in space, located 16,000 light-years away from Earth. The X-ray observation provides insights into the interaction between magnetic fields in pulsar wind nebulas and their surroundings, revealing the life history of energetic matter and antimatter particles around the pulsar. This Halloween-worthy image showcases the fascinating and spooky wonders of the universe.