# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/ByGc4EDpvJ0
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11734581-nasa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/ca3d6d5ebf.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-05-30T20:53:43.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

What do you see here? 🤔 Air traffic routes? Information moving around the global internet? This image is actually a map of the entire sky in X-rays taken by our Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER)!⁣⁣ ⁣⁣
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NICER is a mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) whose primary goal is to determine the size of neutron stars – dense remains of dead stars. This map is composed of 22 months of data. The arcs of X-rays converge on bright spots representing NICER’s most observed locations during its mission. Future technology will track pulsers so spacecraft can navigate themselves throughout the solar system — and beyond.⁣⁣
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Credit: NASA/NICER⁣⁣
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#nasa #space #sky #xrays #lit⁣⁣

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