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Astronomers have witnessed a never-seen-before event in observations by ESA’s XMM-Newton spacecraft – a collision between a pulsar and a ring of gas around a neighbouring star.<\/p>\n

The rare passage, which took the pulsar plunging into and through this ring, illuminated the sky in gamma- and X-rays.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not a lot I can add except to say this is very interesting – even if space stuff bores you!<\/p>\n

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