Runaway Pulsar Sports 37 Light-Year-Long Tail | Video

Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 19:20 in Astronomy & Space

The pulsar jet, called IGR J1104-6103, is traveling between 2.5-5 million MPH, making it one of the fastest moving pulsars ever observed. It began its journey from the center of supernova remnant SNR MSH 11-61A in the Milky Way galaxy, its believed.

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