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“Never Been Seen Before” – Astronomers Discover Bizarre “Infinity” Galaxy  SciTechDaily NASA’s Webb Finds Possible ‘Direct Collapse’ Black Hole  NASA Science (.gov) This Could Be The First Witnessed Birth of a Supermassive Black Hole  ScienceAlert The JWST Might Have Found the First Direct-Collapse Black Hole  Universe Today James Webb Just Found a Black Hole That Breaks the Rules and Now Physicists Are Tearing Each …

A bizarre reptile once scurried through the Triassic treetops with an extravagant crest on its back, one made from neither scale, nor bone, nor feather. The extinct creature’s 247-million-year-old fossils immediately stood out to paleontologists. The impressive appendage on its back looks like a frill of overlapping feathers at first glance, but it’s much older than the earliest fossilized feather, …

Former President Barack Obama’s office issued a rare rebuke of President Donald Trump on Tuesday after the president accused his predecessor of having committed “treason” and rigging the 2016 and 2020 elections. “Out of respect for the office of the presidency, our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a …

A marine biologist has shared a glimpse into how epaulette sharks get around – using their pectoral and pelvic fins to walk along the seafloor.  “And that is why they are called ‘walking sharks’,” says Jacinta Shackleton on Instagram. Shackleton captured the remarkable video of a juvenile epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum) exploring the reef while she was working at Lady Elliot Island eco resort on …

The Philadelphia Phillies scored a walk-off win over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night thanks to Carlos Narvaez’s glove. The Phillies and Red Sox were tied 2-2 in the bottom of the 10th inning. Philadelphia had loaded the bases with Jordan Hicks on the mound following two walks. After Brandon Marsh opened the inning at second base, Otto Kemp …

If the AI’s insights had been available when LIGO was being built, “we would have had something like 10 or 15% better LIGO sensitivity all along,” he said. In a world of sub-proton precision, 10 to 15% is enormous. “LIGO is this huge thing that thousands of people have been thinking about deeply for 40 years,” said Aephraim Steinberg, an …

Tom Zeller Jr has done just about anything to get rid of his headaches.  He’s chugged 60 glasses of water in a day, inhaled oxygen straight from the tank and even tripped on magic mushrooms on top of the western Montana mountains.  The 56–year–old science journalist was diagnosed about three decades ago with cluster headaches, debilitating headaches that strike randomly …

So, this was weird: Rory McIlroy, playing his second shot from the rough on the 11th at Royal Portrush in Round 3 of the British Open, somehow managed to unearth another ball in mid-swing. Seriously, look at this: Here’s another look: The second ball was apparently embedded in the ground a few inches ahead of McIlroy’s ball, and popped into …

Jul 19, 2025, 12:43 PM ET Rory McIlroy‘s third-round charge at the Open Championship was derailed in bizarre fashion Saturday when he unwittingly performed a trick shot at the 11th hole. With one swish of his club, McIlroy not only hit his designated ball out of the rough to the right of the fairway but also dug out another ball …

Valve boss Gabe Newell spends his days scuba diving and hanging out on a boat as well as working, but is effectively retired at this point. Newell was interviewed by YouTube channel Zalkar Saliev, which is dedicated to “powerful interviews and lifestyle stories with successful men across the US”, but with just a handful of videos so far – certainly …