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What cracked the Milky Way's giant cosmic bone? Scientists think they know.

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Scientists used a space telescope to examine a fracture along the bone's 230 light-year length.

Images from NASA 's Chandra X-ray Observatory and MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa have revealed what likely caused it to crack.

The assailant, seen right at the point of the break, could be a fast-spinning neutron star, known as a pulsar.

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English

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