Astronomers have discovered what could be the largest black hole ever detected. With a mass of 36 billion times that of our Sun, its gravity is so powerful that it bends the light of an entire galaxy behind it into a near-perfect circle called an Einstein ring, effectively reducing a realm with trillions of stars of its own into an …
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Paleontologists have identified the myriad of animals — saber-toothed predators, burrowing foragers and a large, salamander-like creature — that thrived in southern Pangea just before the end-Permian mass extinction, about 252 million years ago. An artistic rendering of an evening approximately 252 million years ago during the Late Permian epoch in the Luangwa Basin of Zambia. The scene includes several …
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The Cosmic Horseshoe gravitational lens: The newly discovered ultramassive blackhole lies at the centre of the orange galaxy. Far behind it is a blue galaxy that is being warped into the horseshoe shaped ring by distortions in spacetime created by the immense mass of the foreground orange galaxy. Credit: NASA/ESA It may be the most massive black hole ever found. …
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This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can help people see in the dark of night, but many astronomers are growing increasingly concerned that these lights could be blinding us to the rest of the universe. An estimate from 2023 …
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Tencent has quietly removed, edited, and/or replaced key art on the Steam page of its upcoming adventure game, Light of Motiram, just days after Sony filed a copyright lawsuit. Towards the end of last year, Tencent’s development studio, Polaris Quest, revealed Light of Motiram, a post-apocalyptic open-world survival crafting game featuring mechanised animal-like creatures that bore a remarkable resemblance to …
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Before there was the human, there was the hobbit. Now, after discovering stone tools that are 1.48 million years old, archaeologists are gaining a clearer picture of how our diminutive and elusive primate cousins, Homo floresiensis, used to live. Homo sapiens are just one species in the diverse Hominini family, which also includes the diminutive three-feet-tall Homo floresiensis, affectionately nicknamed …
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What a time to be alive, when you can pull a tiny computer from your pocket and gaze at a high-resolution panorama of Mars captured by a space-traveling robot. The image is a mosaic of 96 images taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover on May 26, 2025, that were carefully pieced together to create this 360° panoramic image. If you’re wondering …
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Sony’s lawsuit over Horizon similarities has Light of Motiram changing its Steam store, changing screenshots, art, and even its game description. Polaris Quest’s Light of Motiram was first revealed in November 2024, and it didn’t take long for people to notice the similarities to Guerrilla’s Horizon games. The reactions were blunt; fans and media alike called it a straight-up knock-off, …
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Wednesday brought confirmation from Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski that fifth-round rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders will start Friday night’s preseason opener at Carolina. It also brought a reminder that Sanders’ start will come as a result of circumstances, not a promotion. Despite a number of slight detours, the Browns are going about the rest of their quarterback …
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While they are already glittering across the evening sky, the most popular meteor shower is about to reach its peak, with a chance of large fireballs exploding against the black backdrop of night. The Perseid meteor shower has already streaked across the sky since July 17 and will continue until Aug. 23, but they should reach peak speed and volume …
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