In a Halloween-worthy cosmic revelation, NASA's "spooktacular" Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has ventured into the eerie expanse of MSH 15-52, a celestial structure reminiscent of a ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays and used them to image the bones in his wife's hand, kicking off a revolutionary diagnostic tool for ...
The process of growth and maturation of long (radius and ulna) and short (metacarpals and phalanges) bones of the hand (enchondroplasia) differs from that of the carpal cuboid bones (chondral ...
Located 16,000 light-years from Earth, MSH 15-52 was first observed by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in 2001. The pulsar PSR B1509-58 is located at the base of the "palm" of MSH 15-52 and shoots ...
X-rays are an important first step in diagnosing bone cancer. On an X-ray, bone cancers can make a person’s bones have a ragged, less solid appearance. Bones may also look as though holes formed ...
In 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays and used them to image the bones in his wife’s hand, kicking off a revolutionary diagnostic tool for medicine. Now two of NASA’s X-ray space telescopes have ...