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BECAUSE of the conjecture that pulsars are neutron stars, which are possibly produced in supernova events, the possible association of pulsars with supernova remnants is of great interest. Staelin and Reifenstein recently reported1 the discovery of two pulsed radio sources near the Crab nebula, which is the remnant of the supernova observed by the Chinese in AD 1054. Pulses from both sources were described as very sporadic, and no periodic phenomena were evident.
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COMELLA, J., CRAFT, H., LOVELACE, R. et al. Crab Nebula Pulsar NP 0532. Nature 221, 453–454 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221453a0
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