# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CJrnwKIJ_x9
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11733706-nasa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/1d5ca3d9b5.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-01-05T23:22:43.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Double take: Do you see a face or a hand? 

When this image from nasachandraxray of PSR B1509-58 – a spinning neutron star surrounded by a cloud of energetic particles about 17,000 light-years from Earth – was released in 2009, it created a ton of hype because people saw a hand-like shape in the X-ray emission. Pareidolia vibes were strong.

X-rays from Chandra in gold are seen along with infrared data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) telescope in red, green and blue. Pareidolia struck again as others reported seeing a shape of a face in WISE's infrared data.

So... can you help us settle the debate? what do YOU see? Vote using the "✋" or "🙂" in the comments below!

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech


#NASA #Pareidolia #WordOfTheDay #Earth #Universe #Chemistry #Galaxy

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