Researchers have detected pulses of gamma rays with energies exceeding 100 billion electron-volts coming from the Crab Nebula. These are a million times more energetic than medical X-rays and 100 billion times more than visible light.
Thursday, 6 October 2011
Supernova that lit up the skies for a whole month 1,000 years ago still puzzling astronomers
Researchers have detected pulses of gamma rays with energies exceeding 100 billion electron-volts coming from the Crab Nebula. These are a million times more energetic than medical X-rays and 100 billion times more than visible light.
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