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Monster solar flare cuts radio for 30 minutes as NOAA issues G2 storm watch—Minnesota to Maine on alert

A sprawling and highly active sunspot complex is turning toward Earth just as a recent solar eruption sends a glancing blow ...
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Cannibal CME targets Earth for days as M-class flare threatens US

Solar activity is again stirring public anxiety, but the current situation is more nuanced than the most dramatic headlines ...
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Black hole’s X-ray flare triggers ultra-fast winds racing at one-fifth the speed of light

Black Hole blast unleashes ultra-fast winds at one-fifth the speed of light Astronomers have ...
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This 7-hour cosmic explosion is the longest gamma-ray burst ever seen. Could it be from an elusive class of black hole?

"This is certainly an outburst unlike any other we've seen in the past 50 years." ...
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'A scale almost too big to imagine': Scientists spot monster black hole roaring with winds at more than 130 million mph

A black hole 30 million times the mass of the sun has produced winds one-fifth the speed of light, stunning scientists.