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Several light years. Of course, that would depend on the nature of the life; we wouldn't want humans to settle any planet within several light years of an active pulsar. For other hypothetical lifeforms with a greater resistance to hard X-rays, this might not be an issue. Or, if you don't mind a ferocious mutation rate, which we suspect that a high radiation dose would cause.

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