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The Crab Nebula

It shines with a strange sort of light that gives evidence of a wholly unexpected natural phenomenon. This glowing body of gas is apparently a gigantic electron synchrotron

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 196 Issue 3This article was originally published with the title “The Crab Nebula” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 196 No. 3 (), p. 52
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0357-52