As it hurtles through space, it is pumping out a flame-like filament of particles and X-ray light that astronomers have captured with Chandra. How does space produce something so bizarre?

Chandra’s ability to “see” X-rays allows it to capture the pulsar’s activity so we can see the guitar throwing “flames.” Talk about a rock star. Space telescopes with different ...

earning the cosmic structure the nickname "flame-throwing guitar." Observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope show how the nebula and the pulsar, formally known ...