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Record-breaking quasar 500 trillion times brighter than the sun discovered | Science & Tech News
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A quasar 500 trillion times brighter than the sun has been discovered by astronomers who say it may be the brightest and “most violent” place in the universe. The huge black hole powering it is said to be between 17 and 19 billion times the mass of the sun and growing at the fastest rate…
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World’s most powerful laser to be built in UK and will be ‘million, billion, billion’ times brighter than the sun | Science & Tech News
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The world’s most powerful laser will be built in Oxfordshire, thanks to £85m in new funding for the technology. Scientists are aiming to develop the technology which will be a “million, billion, billion times brighter than the brightest sunlight” in the world. It is thought the technology will have practical applications in nuclear fusion, renewable…
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Rare cosmic explosion brighter than billions of suns spotted in red galaxy | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have discovered a new type of cosmic explosion which outshines nearly every supernova detected in the universe. As bright as hundreds of billions of suns, but quick to fade – the rare and dazzling blast is believed to have been caused by a black hole colliding with a star and was spotted by researchers…