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Podcast: Astronomy Daily: Space News Updates
Episode: Cosmic Giants: The Largest Black Hole Yet, Italy's Bold Mars Adventure,
Description: Discovery of the Largest Black Hole Ever Measured:Â Join us as we explore the astonishing discovery of a black hole with a mass of 36 billion suns, located 5 billion light years away in the Tomic Horseshoe system. This dormant giant challenges our understanding of black hole formation and its relationship with galaxy size, as researchers utilise gravitational lensing to measure its immense gravitational pull.- Italy's Bold Mars Mission:Â Exciting developments are on the horizon as the Italian Space Agency partners with SpaceX for an uncrewed mission to Mars aboard a Starship. We discuss the scientific payloads in...