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Thursday, December 9, 2010

Crab Nebula's Violent Outbursts Shock Astronomers

via Wired Top Stories by Ron Cowen on 12/7/10

Spacecraft have detected giant gamma-ray hiccups emanating from the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant thought to be so stable that astronomers used it as a standard candle for radiation in space.

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