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Astronomers discover rogue black hole speeding through distant dwarf galaxy

Astronomers discover rogue black hole speeding through distant dwarf galaxy

New research suggests that not all feeding massive black holes sit stably at the heart of their home galaxies. A team of astronomers has discovered a black hole wandering through its home dwarf galaxy, taking its active region with it. Making this discovery even more remarkable is the fact that this is an intermediate-mass black hole, a type of object …

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Scientists Finally Unlock the Mystery of Rogue Waves, Upending Previous Long-Held Theories

Scientists Finally Unlock the Mystery of Rogue Waves, Upending Previous Long-Held Theories

In the 2006 disaster film Poseidon, a luxury cruise ship is capsized by a towering rogue wave, leaving its passengers to fight for survival. While Hollywood often exaggerates, massive and extremely dangerous rogue waves are very real.  These walls of water, often rising more than twice the height of surrounding seas, can strike without warning, swallowing ships whole and crippling …

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Scientists finally crack the mystery of rogue waves

Scientists finally crack the mystery of rogue waves

On New Year’s Day 1995, a monstrous 80-foot wave in the North Sea slammed into the Draupner oil platform. The wall of water crumpled steel railings and flung heavy equipment across the deck — but its biggest impact was what it left behind: hard data. It was the first time a rogue wave had ever been measured in the open …

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Rogue House Republicans help Dems kill a vote to censure LaMonica McIver in shock result – Axios

Rogue House Republicans help Dems kill a vote to censure LaMonica McIver in shock result  Axios House Republicans help kill effort to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver  Politico Rep. LaMonica McIver likely to be censured by the House — Democrats threaten retaliation  The Washington Post New Jersey Democrat faces House censure vote and removal from key committee  NPR House kills measure to censure Rep. LaMonica …

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Researchers Reveal How Rogue Waves Really Form

Researchers Reveal How Rogue Waves Really Form

For centuries, sailors spoke of colossal rogue waves that appeared without warning, dismissed by many as mere maritime lore. Now, new research reveals these towering walls of water aren’t oceanic mysteries at all — but the natural outcome of ordinary wave physics aligning in extraordinary ways. Credit: Shutterstock Rogue waves are not anomalies but the result of normal ocean dynamics. …

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Rogue Planets Floating in Space Appear to Be Forming Their Own Moons : ScienceAlert

Rogue Planets Floating in Space Appear to Be Forming Their Own Moons : ScienceAlert

Free-floating, planetary-mass objects that are just drifting carefree through the galaxy, untethered and starless, appear to be able to generate their own systems of moons, like a planetary system on a miniature scale. An analysis of new JWST observations on a number of rogue planets – each weighing between five and 10 Jupiters – has revealed the presence of disks …

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18 Year Study Reveals Truth of Where Giant Rogue Waves Come From : ScienceAlert

18 Year Study Reveals Truth of Where Giant Rogue Waves Come From : ScienceAlert

Rogue waves have captivated the attention of both seafarers and scientists for decades. These are giant, isolated waves that appear suddenly in the open ocean. These puzzling giants are brief, typically lasting less than a minute before disappearing. They can reach heights of 65 feet (20 meters) or greater and often more than twice the height of surrounding waves. Once …

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‘Rogue waves’ can be 65 feet tall, but they aren’t ‘freak occurrences,’ data from North Sea reveals

‘Rogue waves’ can be 65 feet tall, but they aren’t ‘freak occurrences,’ data from North Sea reveals

Rogue waves have captivated the attention of both seafarers and scientists for decades. These are giant, isolated waves that appear suddenly in the open ocean. These puzzling giants are brief, typically lasting less than a minute before disappearing. They can reach heights of 65 feet (20 meters) or greater and often more than twice the height of surrounding waves. Once …

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