18,700 year ago , a supernova in the Circinus configuration resulted in a neutron wiz that spins seven times per second , a pulsar 20 kilometers in diameter call PSR B1509 - 58 . Yes , it ’s either that or God ’s hand give us five .
Or maybe it ’s God reach for its cosmic burrito , like a commenter says . The image—100 light old age long — was captured by the Chandra X - Ray observatory . According to NASA , the “ small energy X - rays are in red , medium energies in immature , and high Energy in blue . The pulsar itself is in the burnished central neighborhood . ” [ NASA ]
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