>the image is a reinterpretation of the image of radio waves from the first discovered pulsar. The original was illustrated by Cornell grad student Harold Craft in his 1970 PhD thesis and subsequently published in the Cambridge Encyclopeadia of Astronomy. [0]
I'm assuming its a reference to Joy Division's iconic Unknown Pleasures cover [0] by Peter Saville?
[0] https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/joy-division/cover-joy-divi...