A Galactic Radio Filament of Bonelike perpendicular to the album of the Milky Way has two strange knots, at least one of which is probably caused by a passage pulsar. Credit: X -rays: NASA/CXC/Northwestern Univ./f. Yusef-Zadeh et al; Radio: Nrf/Sarao/Meerkat; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/n. Wolk
The Galaxy of Milky Way is full of cosmic objects of different shapes and sizes, sometimes it resembles objects here on Earth. A radio filament of the Galactic Center called G359.13142-0.20005 (or G359.13 in short) is seen here in the X-ray light (blue) and radio (gray). Astronomes compared the 230 light years structure to a cosmic “bone” perpendicular to the galactic plan.
G359.13 is classified as one of the longest and bright filaments of the galactic center in the Milky Way. Astronomes are not exactly sure of how they form, but they know that these filaments are inserted with magnetic fields and become visible to radio and telescopes as spiral energized particles along these fields, emitting radio waves. This particular filament also has two knots; Now, astronomers have discovered the probable guilty behind the largest of the two: an extremely dense neutron star, extremely dense called pulsar.
A study published on February 23 in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society It shows that it is estimated that the pulsar crashed in G359.13 at speeds between 1 million and 2 million mph (1.6 million and 3.2 million km/h). The pulsar probably slammed against the filament and disturbed the magnetic fields, causing the knot. The pulsar is visible thanks to its emission of X -rays and appears Smack Dab inside the deformed filament. The study also maintains that the secondary node of the filament can be caused by the same object, although it is likely that the smallest node has been caused by a different source.
The X -ray data came from the X -ray Observatory and the radio data came from both the Meerkat RadioTelescope in South Africa and from the wide range in New Mexico.
