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Author: Caitlin Rawling

Experts say the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy poses no threat to us.

On Thursday, scientists provided the first look at the "gentle giant" lurking at the centre of the Milky Way.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/05/scientists-say-sagittarius-a-supermassive-black-hole-at-centre-of-milky-way-poses-no-threat-to-earth.html
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Scientists on Thursday provided the first look at the "gentle giant" lurking at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy - an image of a supermassive black hole that devours any matter within its huge gravitational pull but is currently on a bit of a diet.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/05/scientists-unveil-first-image-of-gentle-giant-black-hole-at-milky-way-s-centre.html
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Author: Associated Press

The world is creeping closer to the warming threshold international agreements are trying to prevent, with nearly a 50-50 chance that Earth will temporarily hit that temperature mark within the next five years, teams of meteorologists across the globe predicted.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/05/11/93-chance-next-5-years-will-be-hottest-on-record-scientists/
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Author: Daniel Rutledge

We could soon be able to use online services across multiple devices and browsers without having to log in every single time with a different, often complicated password, thanks to a new innovation.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2022/05/apple-microsoft-google-agree-to-work-together-on-fido-passwordless-sign-in-system.html
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Author: BBC

The board of Twitter has agreed to a US$44 billion takeover offer from billionaire Elon Musk.

Musk, who made the shock bid less than two weeks ago, has claimed he is the right person to "unlock" the social media firm's "extraordinary potential".

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/465895/twitter-board-agrees-to-44b-takeover-by-elon-musk
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Author: Peter Griffin

OPINION: The war in Ukraine is having serious ramifications for the global scientific community.

Russia, despite having an economy around the size of Italy’s, has always had strong capabilities in scientific research, particularly in high energy physics, mathematics, astronomy, aerospace technology and engineering.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/science/128370166/hey-russia-well-take-your-disaffected-scientists
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Elon Musk has decided not to join the board of Twitter, the company's chief executive Parag Agrawal says.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/465095/elon-musk-will-not-join-twitter-board-says-boss
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Author: Pallab Ghosh

Scientists just outside Chicago have found that the mass of a sub-atomic particle is not what it should be.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/464915/shock-result-in-particle-experiment-could-spark-physics-revolution
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