CLAT CLAT Solved Paper-2018

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    Recently a star, Icarus was seen by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. What was the approximate time taken by Icarus' light to reach the Earth?

    A) Nine billion years

    B) Ten million years

    C) Seven trillion years

    D) One hundred years

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Sol.      Icarus is the most distant star ever discovered. The star is so far away that its light has taken 9 billion years to reach Earth. Researchers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to spot the star, which is up to a million times more luminous and about twice as hot as our Sun.


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