Nasa caught one in a beautiful piece of footage. This star is spinning around once every 11 seconds (or some such) and hurling a massive jet of gas into space.
But more importantly. Isn't that a FACE in that gas cloud??
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Pulsar Jet
When a star supernovas, it sends a blast wave of matter into space. Some of these stars then collapse in on themselves, hollow shells of what they once were. Those composed of almost entirely of neutrons are called neutron stars, the remnants of a one time giant. At times these neutron stars hurl out jets of matter as they spin upon themselves, moving ever faster in a dizzying ride to their own demise. These stars are called pulsars.
Nasa caught one in a beautiful piece of footage. This star is spinning around once every 11 seconds (or some such) and hurling a massive jet of gas into space.
But more importantly. Isn't that a FACE in that gas cloud??
Nasa caught one in a beautiful piece of footage. This star is spinning around once every 11 seconds (or some such) and hurling a massive jet of gas into space.
But more importantly. Isn't that a FACE in that gas cloud??
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Have You Ever Seen The Rain? - Grace Carras
My dad was born in 1969. 1969 was Jim Steinman’s senior year at Amhurst College. In order to fulfill the requirements for an independent st...
-
Geoffrey Blackwood As is common knowledge, the Winter Dark lasted for 11 centuries. Locked in the grip of that long winter the world a... -
.png)
Greetings from the Troll Dens, We have some interesting news. A little bit of a setback, but nothing the trolls aren’t used to. As many of y...
No comments:
Post a Comment