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Last month's announcement of a "invisible monster on the loose" excited scientists. However, the first image of a 'runaway' supermassive black hole barreling through the universe has been challenged. A recent analysis suggests that the Hubble Space Telescope's trail of stars is a flat or thin galaxy. This disproves the hypothesis that stars emerge in the aftermath of a massive black hole plowing through gas. Yale University researchers believed the runaway object fled after two galaxies collided 50 million years ago, combining their supermassive black holes. A third galaxy containing a black hole mingled the three, creating a "chaotic and unstable configuration." One black hole may have stolen momentum from the other two and left its home galaxy. According to phys...

Humans and machines generate increasingly more data. By 2026, global data creation, capture, and replication will have expanded from 33 zettabytes (33 trillion gigabytes) in 2018 to 221 zettabytes. European Union politicians say firms tightly preserve this information, which might promote innovation and economic progress, but much of it is wasted. The 2022 European Data Act would provide consumers, corporations, and public-sector entities access to portions of this data. Researchers argue the new act fails to grant them such rights and misses an opportunity to advance innovation in climate change, public health, and disinformation. Some view it as another example of publically sponsored researchers falling behind in big data. Indirect access The commission estimates th...

The Mumbai-based firm Human Edge, which is an investor-funded longevity science business, has announced a cooperation with the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B), in an effort to strengthen its technological skills. Human Edge is a longevity science company. IIT Bombay's Wadhwani Research Centre for Bioengineering (WRCB) is a translational research center that has just welcomed Human Edge as its newest member of its Industry Research Partnership Programme (IRPP). Develop health-changing technologies together. The relationship will bring together scientific professionals and students from IIT Bombay, together with relevant professors on scientific reviews and field trials for developing biomarkers, evaluations, and effective interventions to optimize performance. ...

Who were the six young men whose skeletons were discovered face-down, hands bound, and covered with stones in a fissure on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria? Evidence at the Caleta de Arriba site indicates that a traumatic death occurred centuries before the conquest of the archipelago off the coast of northwest Africa by the Spanish in the 15th century. "They are not interred strictly speaking… The director of the excavation, Veronica Alberto, explained that this is a funerary practice that signifies extreme symbolic violence. Gran Canaria archaeologists are perplexed She told Reuters that the corpses had been forcibly deposited on the rocky surface and then pelted with stones. Some had bindings or restraints on their extremities. Alberto added, "It could be an abor...

One little test tube performs the simplified test in minutes. The researchers stated it might soon be available at doctor's clinics and as straightforward as a pregnancy test at home with additional refining. "We are trying to build a home-based test that is as reliable as a lab-based test," said University of Florida (UF) chemical engineering professor Piyush Jain. "Our goal is to develop a simple test that eliminates the need for expensive equipment and provides results in 10 to 20 minutes," said Jain, who led the Cell Reports Medicine study. The team is developing a one-pot reaction system that conducts the entire test in a tiny test tube. RT-LAMP technique amplifies tiny sections of a virus's genome to create a detectable signal in these tests. Scientists employed AI to si...

Four of Uranus' largest moons may contain an ocean stratum between their nuclei and icy crusts, according to a new study by NASA. According to NASA, this is the first analysis to describe the evolution of the interior composition and structure of all five large moons: Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, and Miranda. Four of the moons, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon, may contain oceans that are tens of miles deep, according to a new analysis of data from NASA's Voyager spacecraft and new computer modeling. At least 27 moons orbit Uranus, with Ariel and Titania being the four largest. The new study, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, could assist future missions investigating the moons, according to Julie Castillo-Rogez, the main author of the study and a researcher a...

In 1969, humans made their first steps on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission. However, even after more than half a century, the veracity of the moon landing is still questioned. Among those requesting substantiation is former director of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin. On Sunday, via his Telegram handle, the former Russian space chief disclosed that he decided to uncover the truth "about ten years ago" while working for the government. His suspicions intensified as he observed how exhausted and worn out Soviet astronauts appeared upon their return from space, in stark contrast to the Apollo 11 crew's youthful appearance. He stated in the post that he sent multiple requests for evidence but did not receive a satisfactory response. He only received a volume that...

Months after entering lunar orbit, the Danuri spacecraft from South Korea has transmitted remarkably detailed images of the Moon's craters. As it continues to orbit the Moon, the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) spacecraft operated by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) has transmitted four images of the lunar surface. The images disclose not only craters but also features on the Moon's surface that are covered in regolith (lunar sediment and dust). In April, the spacecraft transmitted images showing four craters on the Moon: Tsiolkovsky crater, Schrdinger Valley, Wichmann Crater, and Szilard M crater. On the Moon's far side, at 128.5 degrees east longitude and 20.5 degrees south latitude, is the Tsiolkovsky crater. The crater was previously photographed by Apollo-...

Thanks to advances in reproductive technology, couples given the same sex at birth may be able to have genetically related offspring. Scientists have achieved advances with lab mice. Some organizations have used genetic engineering to create a few rats from male and female pairings in the previous decade. If these cutting-edge technologies are ethically and securely developed for humans, many forms of families may be viable in the far future. “These researchers have been remarkably creative,” Bedford Research Foundation embryologist David Albertini tells Inverse. “They considered Mother Nature when engineering gametes—sperm or eggs—from stem cells.” In-vitro innovation Japanese researchers bred mice with two biological fathers for the first time in a March Nature public...

According to scientists, the moons of Uranus may harbor extraterrestrial life; therefore, they may be closer than people believe. The 27 known satellites orbiting the planet, which is three billion miles from Earth, are named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope. NASA has analyzed data from Voyager 2's 1986 voyage to Uranus in this regard. They presently believe that the ice beneath four of the moons, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon, may conceal several-mile-deep oceans. They could therefore be teeming with alien life. Researchers have found seas on dwarf planets and moons in unexpected places. Consequently, there may be unidentified mechanisms at play. According to Rogez, this article examines what they may be and how they relate to t...