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Black hole that’s 33 times bigger than the sun found ‘lurking undetected’ close to Earth | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have discovered the Milky Way’s “most massive” stellar black hole yet. The newly discovered black hole is 33 times bigger than the sun and 2,000 light years away from us. A stellar black hole is formed when a star collapses – and so far, the ones found in our galaxy have been about 10…
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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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India launches rocket towards the sun after successful moon lander mission | World News
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Ten days after India’s success in landing the first ever spacecraft on the southern side of the moon, the country has launched ‘Aditya L1’, its first mission to study the sun. The spacecraft was launched on the polar satellite launch vehicle rocket, from Sriharikota on the eastern coast of India at 11.50am local time. The…
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Smiling sunshine: NASA captures shots of coronal holes causing happy face on the sun | World News
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NASA has shared an image of the sun “smiling”, after one of their satellites captured patterns on its surface appearing to show a happy face. The US space agency posted the images on social media, writing: “NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory caught the sun ‘smiling.’ Seen in ultraviolet light, these dark patches on the Sun are…