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Crab Nebula Pulsar Leaks Energy through Gravitational Waves

The Crab Nebula, housing the Crab Pulsar at its center, is a supernova remnant of a stellar explosion that took place somewhere around 1054. It is located in the Taurus constellation about 6,500 light years away and at the time of the explosion it was allegedly visible on the sky in midday for as much as three weeks, at some point having had a brightness level higher than that of the Moon. An analysis carried out by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory Scientific Collaborat... Read »
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