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Supermassive black holes are pointing jets of plasma directly at Earth — and a population of them may have produced the highest-energy neutrino ever recorded - Space Daily
science 2026/06/02 10:00:35

Supermassive black holes are pointing jets of plasma directly at Earth — and a population of them may have produced the highest-energy neutrino ever recorded - Space Daily

At the centre of most large galaxies sits a supermassive black hole. When that black hole is actively consuming surrounding material, it becomes what astronomers call an active galactic nucleus. The infalling matter forms a disc, heats to extreme temperatures…

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This fish species survived 100,000 years without males. Scientists thought it should be long dead – but it's thriving - BBC
science 2026/06/02 09:01:18

This fish species survived 100,000 years without males. Scientists thought it should be long dead – but it's thriving - BBC

All-female species have been long thought of as evolutionary dead ends – but one fish has defied the odds to live without males, revealing new clues to how genomes stay healthy.

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Scientists took water samples from a pier in California – and made a surprising discovery about a ruthless predator - BBC Wildlife Magazine
science 2026/06/02 08:49:26

Scientists took water samples from a pier in California – and made a surprising discovery about a ruthless predator - BBC Wildlife Magazine

Meet the predatory plankton that harpoons toxic plankton and glows like a broken nightlight.

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Webb Telescope snaps interstellar comet – proves it's like nothing we've ever seen in our own Solar System - BBC Sky at Night Magazine
science 2026/06/02 08:39:52

Webb Telescope snaps interstellar comet – proves it's like nothing we've ever seen in our own Solar System - BBC Sky at Night Magazine

NASA released the results of the James Webb Space Telescope’s observations of comet 3I/ATLAS made in December 2025.

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Parts of Canada are quietly short on gravity. The standard story blames an ice sheet that pressed the crust down and vanished thousands of years ago, but satellites suggest that explains less than half of it. The rest comes from something churning far deeper in - Space Daily
science 2026/06/02 06:56:11

Parts of Canada are quietly short on gravity. The standard story blames an ice sheet that pressed the crust down and vanished thousands of years ago, but satellites suggest that explains less than half of it. The rest comes from something churning far deeper in - Space Daily

Parts of Canada are quietly short on gravity. The familiar explanation blames an ice sheet that pressed the crust down and then melted away thousands of years ago. That story is partly true, but satellite measurements suggest it explains less than half of the…

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When Rosetta sniffed the gas around Comet 67P, it found a cloud that would have smelled of rotten eggs, ammonia and bitter almonds — and hidden in that cosmic stink were some of the chemical ingredients that may have helped life begin on Earth - Space Daily
science 2026/06/02 01:36:58

When Rosetta sniffed the gas around Comet 67P, it found a cloud that would have smelled of rotten eggs, ammonia and bitter almonds — and hidden in that cosmic stink were some of the chemical ingredients that may have helped life begin on Earth - Space Daily

Between 2014 and 2016, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft flew alongside Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and analysed the gas streaming off it. The list of compounds it found reads like a catalogue of unpleasant smells: hydrogen sulphide (rotten e…

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