NASA's newest X-ray space telescope has captured the X-ray "bones" of a cosmic hand in deep space. Skip to main content. Open menu Close ... creating a glowing shape that resembles a human hand, ...

In 2001, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory first observed the pulsar PSR B1509-58 and revealed that its pulsar wind nebula (referred to as MSH 15-52) resembles a human hand.