Using two X-ray telescopes, astronomers have visualized the ‘bones’ in one of space's most haunting phenomena, the pulsar wind nebula MSH 15-52, also known as the ‘cosmic hand' or 'hand of God'.

NASA has unveiled a skeletal hand in the eerie expanse of MSH 15-52. In a Halloween-worthy cosmic revelation, NASA's "spooktacular" Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has ventured into the ...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has used its instruments to capture the 'bones' of a ghostly cosmic hand located out in deep space.

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.

There are 27 bones in the hand and wrist that allow humans to complete delicate tasks like writing or using sign language. Let's take a closer look.

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 ...

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 ...