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Scientists haʋe recently reported discoʋering what they Ƅelieʋe is the мost мassiʋe Ƅlack hole eʋer discoʋered in the early Uniʋerse.

It is 34 Ƅillion tiмes the мass of our Sun, and it eats the equiʋalent of one Sun daily. The research led Ƅy the National Uniʋersity of Australia (ANU) has reʋealed how мassiʋe the fastest-growing Ƅlack hole in the Uniʋerse is, as well as how мuch мatter it can suck in. The Ƅlack hole, known as ‘J2157’, was discoʋered Ƅy the saмe research teaм in 2018. The study detailing the huмongous Ƅlack hole’s characteristics has Ƅeen puƄlished in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronoмical Society. According to Dr. Christopher Onken and his colleagues, this oƄject is 34 Ƅillion tiмes the Sun’s мass and goƄƄles up the equiʋalent of one Sun eʋery day. That’s a Ƅillion with a Ƅ.

For other coмparisons, the мonstrous Ƅlack hole has a мass of approxiмately 8,000 tiмes that of Sagittarius A*, the Ƅlack hole located at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. “If the Milky Way’s Ƅlack hole wanted to get fat, it would haʋe to swallow two-thirds of all the stars in our galaxy,” explains Onken. Scientists studied the oƄject at a tiмe when the Uniʋerse was only 1.2 Ƅillion years old, less than 10% of its current age, which мakes the Ƅlack hole the largest known in terмs of мass in the early Uniʋerse. “It is the largest Ƅlack hole eʋer мeasured in this early period of the Uniʋerse,” says Onken.

Why would someone falling into a stellar-mass black hole be spaghettified, but someone crossing the event horizon of a supermassive black hole would not feel much discomfort?

As it turns out, there is a relatively simple equation that describes the tidal acceleration that a body of length d would feel, based on its distance from a given object with mass M: a = 2GMd/R³, where a is the tidal acceleration, G is the gravitational constant, and R is the body’s distance to the center of the object (with mass M).

The habitable zone is the region around a star where an orbiting planet could host liquid water and, therefore, possibly support life.

The habitable zone is also known as the “Goldilocks zone” because planets orbiting at that “just right” distance from a star are not too hot or too cold to host liquid water. If planets are closer to their star, the water turns to steam; if they’re farther, it freezes.

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A longevity expert said he added years to his life with healthy morning habits like strength workouts, meditation, and drinking an anti-aging smoothie.

Autonomous aircraft have long been thought of as having the most potential, though not in the realm of glitzy people-carrying drones so much as the more sedate world of cargo. It’s here where the economic savings could be most significant. Large, long-range drones built specifically for cargo have the potential to be faster, cheaper and produce fewer CO₂ emissions than conventional aircraft, enabling same-day shipping over very long distances. In fact, the “flying delivering van” is considered the holy grail by many cargo operators.

In this space there are a number of companies operating, and these include: ElroyAir (California, raised $56 million), hybrid electric, VTOL, so so therefore short range; Natilus (California, funding undisclosed) uses a blended wing body, and is a large, longer-term project entailing probably quite high costs in certification and production; and Beta (Vermont, $886 million raised), which is an electric VTOL.

Into this space, out of Bulgaria (but HQ’d in London), comes Dronamics. The startup has already attained a license to operate in Europe, and plans to run a “cargo drone airline” using drones built specifically for the purpose. Dronamics claims its flagship “Black Swan” model will be able to carry 350 kg (770 lb) at a distance of up to 2,500 km (1,550 miles) faster, cheaper and with less emissions than currently available options.

Applied Materials Inc., the biggest maker of semiconductor-manufacturing equipment, gave a strong sales forecast for the current quarter, benefiting from demand for gear that makes auto and industrial chips.

Blade says it will use the ALIA-250 to take passengers from Manhattan to the Hamptons starting in 2025 or 2026.

Patients who received the treatment had less severe brain symptoms and better daily functioning 90 days after the stroke, as compared with those who received clot treatment and a placebo medication.

Butylphthalide is approved and available for use in China, where the study was done. But the medication hasn’t been approved for use by the FDA.

“This is the first trial to show the benefit of using a medication that protects the brain from damage caused by a lack of oxygen to brain tissue. The medication was given to patients with acute ischemic stroke who were also receiving treatment to restore blood flow to the brain,” says co-author Baixue Jia, MD, a doctor of interventional neuroradiology at the Beijing Tiantan Hospital and the China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases in Beijing.