The author of the X-Ray shots is Nick Veasey. He passes x-rays through objects he is photographing to create images on special film, then uses a 13-foot scanner to turn them into a digital file.He uses the technology designed for security and surveillance to create art. via nickveasey.com

X-rays there’s no doubt can be extremely useful when properly applied on conditions like blocked coronary arteries, bad head injuries, a bone break and chest x-ray. Read the rest of the entry here

Some X-ray shots of injuries. Even in x-ray it not a pretty sight.via Flickr

A rare celestial body known as a magnetar shimmers in an explosion of x-rays. The unusual object, is a small, fast-spinning neutron star that shoots out huge cataclysms of x-ray emissions. It's located about 15,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius.A new study has found that an outburst of radiation detected from the star in 2003 came from a spot below the star's surface only 2 miles (3.5 kilometers) across. The magnetar is only about 9 miles across in total but contains about as much mass as the sun. National Geographic