NASA's Fermi Satellite Clocks a 'Cannonball' Pulsar (VIDEO)

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New radio observations combined with 10 years of data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have revealed a runaway pulsar that escaped the blast wave of the supernova that formed it.

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5pGXqrovaFo

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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