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Mon Aug 2 21:07:26 2021
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It’s a light show in space unlike any other.
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The United States has ramped up airstrikes against the Taliban in a bid to turn back the militants’ advances on a number of key provincial capitals in Afghanistan, a senior Afghan security official said Monday.
— Light detected behind a black hole for the first time
— For the first time, scientists have detected light from behind a black hole and it fulfills a prediction rooted in Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
— Taliban take over TV station in strategic city as US airstrikes pound key positions in Afghanistan | CNN
— The Taliban have taken over a TV station in Afghanistan’s strategic Helmand province, a source at the TV and radio station told CNN Monday, marking the latest of a series of advances by the militant group in the country.
