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October 6, 2011
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Crab Pulsar emits light energy above one hundred thousand million electron volts.
Crab Pulsar emits light energy above one hundred thousand million electron volts.
Credit: David A. Aguilar (CfA) / NASA / ESA José Francisco Salgado, Adler Planetarium. Based on images by M SubbaRao, S Criswell, B Humensky, and JF Salgado.
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