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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope recently detected Great Balls of Fire near which of the following stars
A
Rigel
B
Antares
C
V Hydrae
D
Polaris
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hubble Finds Hungry Black Hole Twisting Captured Star Into Donut Shape. Jan 12, 2023-Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have recorded a star’s final moments in detail as it gets gobbled up by a black hole.

Detailed explanation-2: -Discovered two moons of Pluto, Nix and Hydra. Helped determine the rate at which the universe is expanding. Discovered that nearly every major galaxy is anchored by a black hole at the centre.

Detailed explanation-3: -9 November 2022: Three different moments in a far-off supernova explosion were captured in a single snapshot by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The progenitor star exploded more than 11 billion years ago, when the Universe was less than a fifth of its current age of 13.8 billion years.

Detailed explanation-4: -Launched on April 24, 1990, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, Hubble is currently located about 332 miles (535 km) above Earth’s surface, where it completes 15 orbits per day-approximately one every 95 minutes.

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