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A powerful class X flare occurred on the Sun
(ORDO NEWS) — The Sun emitted a powerful solar flare that peaked on October 2, 2022. NASA‘s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which constantly monitors the Sun, captured the event. Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy. Flares and solar eruptions can affect radio communications, power grids, navigation signals and pose risks to spacecraft and astronauts. This…
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Powerful explosions form the highest energy beams ever observed from the novae
(ORDO NEWS) — These beams have an energy of about 250 gigaelectronvolts – one of the highest values ever measured from the novae. A small, dense star engulfs the remnants of its dying stellar neighbor, causing a massive explosion that generates some of the most energetic beams recorded from novae on record. This system, called…
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Most powerful tsunami in history a wave as high as a multi-storey building
(ORDO NEWS) — The highest tsunami was recorded in 1958 in a narrow bay in Alaska; then the water rose by 524 meters as a result of an underwater earthquake and the features of the relief of the bay. In the open ocean, the wind raises an order of magnitude smaller waves, but their height…
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Powerful, nearby black holes could help to explain universe’s origins
(ORDO NEWS) — Nearby galaxies and their black holes could hold the answers to the existential questions that remain unanswered about the beginning of the universe. A black hole within a nearby galaxy called Tol 0440-381 shines about one million times brighter than the sun, researchers from the University of Iowa found in a new…
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Eruption of the Tonga volcano was so powerful that it reached the ionosphere
(ORDO NEWS) — The ongoing volcanic eruption in Tonga began in December 2021, but the powerful explosion did not occur until 17:15 local time on January 15, 2022. It created a huge cloud of ash, earthquakes and tsunamis that reached the far coast of Peru on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. Now scientists…
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