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IN A NUTSHELL 🔭 Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope discovered that 60% of ancient galaxies rotate clockwise, challenging random rotation theories. 🌌 The bold hypothesis suggests the universe might be trapped within a massive black hole, redefining cosmic principles and space-time perceptions. 🔍 Alternative explanations, like observational bias from the Doppler effect, highlight the need for precise astronomical …

Scientists have uncovered a breakthrough in our understanding of black holes by using a powerful mathematical tool known as the exact Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (WKB) method. The study, published in Physical Review Letters, reveals previously hidden patterns in the “ringing” of black holes—vibrations known as quasinormal modes—that could sharpen future gravitational wave observations and transform our knowledge of the universe. Unlocking the …

Black holes embody the ultimate abyss. They are the most powerful sources of gravity in the universe, capable of dramatically distorting space and time around them. When disturbed, they begin to “ring” in a distinctive pattern known as quasinormal modes: ripples in space-time that produce detectable gravitational waves. In events like black hole mergers, these waves can be strong enough …

Anyone who has been following the NFL since 2021 knows the name Tony Buzbee. He arrived on the scene as the lawyer representing the first plaintiff who sued then-Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson for misconduct during massage-therapy sessions. Eventually, Buzbee represented more than 20 plaintiffs against Watson. Most recently, Buzbee settled a lawsuit on behalf of a woman who claimed that …

By all rights, they shouldn’t exist. When NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) first opened its eyes to the distant past, it spotted hundreds of tiny, brilliant objects glowing red in the infant universe — just 600 million years after the Big Bang. These “little red dots,” as astronomers came to call them, gleamed with such surprising brightness and density …

New research suggests that primordial black holes created during the Big Bang could have played a major role in forming the universe’s first stars. The findings could help to assess how suitable primordial black holes are as candidates for dark matter, the universe’s most mysterious “stuff.” But the study team isn’t sure yet whether these black holes helped star formation, …

A beam of particles speeding away from the vicinity of a monstrous black hole has been found to be severely kinked, providing compelling evidence that the black hole is actually part of the most extreme binary system known. The black hole and its crooked jet are found in a blazar known as OJ 287, located about four billion light-years away. …

Similar to What If…?, Eyes of Wakanda leans hard into the fantastical and remixes pieces of the larger MCU canon in a way that makes it come across like Marvel-approved fanfiction. But the new series features much stronger visuals, and each of its four episodes tell self-contained narratives that have far more nuanced ideas about justice and morality. And after …

Jenna Ortega went full gothic chic at the opening of Le Beach Club de Mercredi (Wednesday’s Beach Club) in Paris on July 31. She paired 20 carats of black diamond jewelry with a deep plunging corset gown. The look comes after Ortega debuted bleached brows earlier in the week. Wednesday season 2 is just around the corner (snap, snap), and …

Matt Ryan, the actor behind Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag’s main character Edward Kenway, recently told a fan that they might have a reason to replay the 2013 pirate game. The Constantine actor said this at a convention signing, and fans took this as a tease of a potential remake or remaster. However, it sounds like Ryan wasn’t in the clear …