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The fastest-growing black hole consumes the equivalent of one Earth per second.
A supermassive black hole designated J2157-3602 is growing so rapidly that it consumes mass equivalent to our planet every second. Its brightness is about 7,000 times greater than all the light from our galaxy combined. Scientists are still unsure how it grew so large so quickly.
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The largest storm in the solar system has winds five times stronger than a Category 5 hurricane.
Neptune's Great Dark Spot has wind speeds up to 1,200 mph, powered by the planet's internal heat rather...
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There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way.
While our galaxy contains between 100-400 billion stars, Earth has over 3 trillion trees. This surprising fact helps...
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The largest known structure in the universe is the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall.
This supercluster of galaxies spans about 10 billion light-years, making it the largest known structure in the observable...