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Mysterious new object found in Milky Way that could be black hole-star pairing | Science & Tech News
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A new and mysterious object has been discovered in the Milky Way and could be a combination of a black hole and a special type of star. Found 40,000 light years away in our galaxy, the potentially new type of space entity appears to have unique qualities. It falls within what researchers call the ‘black…
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Scientists discover oldest black hole ever that grew far more quickly than expected | Science & Tech News
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Scientists say they have discovered the oldest black hole ever – and it dates back to the early universe more than 13 billion years ago. The supermassive black hole – about six million times the mass of the sun – is so huge that it should have taken a billion years to grow to its…
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Amazon Black Friday strike: Workers in Coventry to walk out as part of international action against retailer | Business News
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Amazon workers in the UK are to go on strike today to coincide with Black Friday – one of the company’s busiest shopping days of the year. More than 1,000 staff at the firm’s warehouse in Coventry are expected to take part in the walkout, the GMB union said, amid a long-running dispute over pay…
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HSBC online and mobile banking services return after Black Friday outage | Business News
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HSBC’s online and mobile banking services have been restored after customers faced major disruption on Black Friday. The bank said the issues began just after 8am on the busy shopping day due to an issue with its “internal systems”. Services were back and up and running on Saturday morning, having started to return late on…
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Scientists discover oldest ever black hole and say it could explain universe’s mysteries | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers say they have discovered the oldest black hole yet. It was formed 470 million years after the Big Bang and was detected in X-rays, using NASA telescopes. There is “strong evidence” it was born “massive” – and is believed to weigh between 10% and 100% the mass of all the stars in its galaxy.…
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The ‘black gold’ that could help fight climate change for centuries to come | Climate News
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A high-grade version of BBQ charcoal is being tested as a way of removing greenhouse gas from the atmosphere for centuries to come. The charred wood, called biochar, has been spread over farmland in one of the first large-scale trials of its kind, in the hope carbon captured by trees from the air during their…
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Supermassive black hole shown firing out mysterious jet in first ever image of phenomenon captured by astronomers | Science & Tech News
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A black hole has been pictured expelling a powerful jet for the first time. The image shows a glowing circle at the centre of a galaxy known as Messier 87 (M87), around 55 million light-years from Earth. A light-year is the distance light travels in a year, which is 5.9 trillion miles (9.5 trillion kilometres).…
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Supermassive black hole pictures: Scientists release new sharper images after using technology to fill gaps | World News
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Scientists have released new, clearer images of a supermassive black hole which was first discovered in 2019. Â The new image retains the distinctive shape that the first image was compared to – one astrophysicist refers to the original as a “fuzzy orange doughnut” – but is far sharper. Four years ago, the global Event…
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‘Runaway’ black hole tearing through universe creates ‘astonishing’ trail of stars, say NASA | Science & Tech News
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A runaway black hole is tearing through the universe, leaving a trail of stars in its wake that’s never been seen before, NASA says. The supermassive black hole weighs as much as 20 million suns – and it’s travelling so fast that if it were in our solar system, it could travel from Earth to…
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Air fryers and electric blankets buck downward trend for Black Friday technology sales | Business News
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Energy-efficient appliances – such as air fryers, clothes airers and electric blankets – bucked a downward trend for Black Friday sales this year as consumers took a cautious approach during the cost of living crisis. This year’s Black Friday delivered the weakest results for the technology and durables sector for five years, with the total…