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Crab nebula
A cloud-like nebula observed in the Crab constellation which is the remnant of a supernova explosion observed in China in 1054. It contains a very young and rapidly spinning pulsar or the remnant of a supernova. The radio wave and light emissions from this nebula indicate the presence of high energy particles.
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