This Nebula Blasts Particles Into Space. Also, It Looks Like a Guitar

ThinkMad Max: Fury Road, but in space.

The findings are detailed in astudypublished inThe Astrophysical Journal.

Theres a lot going on here, and its mostly due to the extreme nature of pulsars.

Astronomers nicknamed the structure around PSR B2224+65 the Guitar Nebula because of its rockin' shape.

Astronomers nicknamed the structure around PSR B2224+65 the Guitar Nebula because of its rockin' shape.X-ray: NASA/CXC/Stanford Univ./M. de Vries et al.; Optical: (Hubble) NASA/ESA/STScI and (Palomar) Hale Telescope/Palomar/CalTech; Illustrated outline: NASA/CXC/K. DiVona; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare

The pulsar and its guitar are flying through space, colliding with denser regions of gas.

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Guitar Outlined

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Stanford Univ./M. de Vries et al.; Optical full field: Palomar Obs./Caltech & inset: NASA/ESA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare)

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