Nereide 3 months ago
What is this? Maybe a painting?
No!
It's about NGC 2736, or Pencil Nebula, a small part of the Vela Supernova Remnant. π
It's thought to be formed from part of its shock wave, plowing through interstellar space at over 500,000 km per hour!
Image by Greg Turgeon & Utkarsh Mishra
π§ͺ #science 1/3