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2 days agoScientists discover 'forbidden' pulsar in 'empty' region of Milky Way
From supermassive black holes to vast stellar nurseries, the distant reaches of space are full of many baffling wonders. Now, scientists have uncovered one of the most perplexing mysteries yet. Astronomers have spotted a runaway pulsar, known as Calvera, fleeing the aftermath of a massive stellar supernova explosion. What makes this truly extraordinary is that this system should be 'forbidden' in this empty region of the galaxy, 6,500 light-years above the plane of the Milky Way.
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