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Using the NICER telescope on the International Space Station, researchers determined that the pulsar in the Crab Nebula releases millisecond-long pulses of radio waves, called giant radio pulses, that are accompanied by X-ray surges.

Giant radio pulses and X-ray surges are coming from the Crab Nebula The hauntingly beautiful Crab Nebula, located 6,500 light-years away in the Taurus constellation, is releasing an incredible amount of energy. The nebula is six light-years wide, and it’s a growing cloud of debris formed from a supernova explosion. (A light-year is six trillion miles). The light from this supernova first reached Earth in July 1054 and was witnessed by astronomers in Japan and China. When the star exploded, it...