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This impossibly huge black hole wasn’t very hungry at the beginning of time

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Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole at the “cosmic dawn” that appears impossibly massive. The confusion stems from the fact that this giant void doesn’t appear to have been feeding on much surrounding matter at the time – but to reach its immense size, you’d expect it … Read more

This impossibly huge black hole wasn’t very hungry at the beginning of time

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Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole at “cosmic dawn” that appears impossibly massive. The confusion stems from the fact that it doesn’t appear that this gigantic void was feasting on much surrounding matter at the time – but to reach its immense size you would expect it … Read more

To escape hungry bats, these flying beetles create an ultrasonic ‘illusion’

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Harlan Gough holds a recently collected tiger beetle on a chain. Laurens Reeves hide caption change caption Laurens Reeves Harlan Gough holds a recently collected tiger beetle on a chain. Laurens Reeves “A lot of things fly at night,” says Harlan Gough, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Nightfall can set … Read more