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- Mikhail Medvedev of the University of Kansas says Crab Pulsar's striped signal, the zebra pattern, results from a balance between plasma effects and gravitational lensing.
- His refined model incorporates Einstein's theory of gravity, shaping the observed radio waves.
- The Crab Pulsar is about 6,500 light-years away.
- Medvedev will present at the American Physical Society’s Global Physics Summit.
- The work could deepen understanding of pulsars and their gravitational effects.
