NASA's James Webb and X-ray telescopes combine powers to discover the most distant black hole ever in a rare state of infancy

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X-ray image of the msot distant black hole ever discovered.

X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/Ákos Bogdán; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare & K. Arcand

A huge underwater volcano blast formed a new island off the coast of Japan

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In this photo provided by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, steam billows from the waters off Ioto island, Ogasawara town in the Pacific Ocean, southern Tokyo, on Nov. 1, 2023.
Steam billows from the waters off Iwoto island, Ogasawara town in the Pacific Ocean, southern Tokyo, on Nov. 1, 2023.

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NYC's new rat-killing weapon is wildly successful — for now

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A rat crosses a yellow section of a Times Square subway platform in New York.
A rat crosses a Times Square subway platform in New York on January 27, 2015.

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A rapid clean-energy transition could save 181 million years of healthy human life annually by 2050, report finds

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Poor air quality in New York City on June 7, 2023.
Poor air quality in New York City, caused by wildfires in Canada.

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The history of the San José galleon, the 300-year-old sunken ship behind a $10 billion legal battle, known as the 'Holy Grail of Shipwrecks'

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A shipwreck
The San Jose galleon was believed to have been carrying billions worth of treasure when it was sunk in 1708.

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Elon Musk's brain-chip startup is preparing to implant the device in its first human. Here's how to apply.

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Elon Musk's brain chip startup is preparing to start human trials.
Elon Musk's brain chip startup is preparing to start human trials.

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How Adidas, Asics, and other shoemakers deal with waste

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More than 50 billion shoes are made every year. The biggest manufacturers, like Nike, Adidas, and Asics, make them durable enough to run hundreds of miles. But this also makes them incredibly expensive and difficult to recycle.

A $10 billion battle is brewing over ownership rights to a 300-year-old sunken warship believed to hold the biggest maritime treasure ever

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The San Jose galleon was believed to have been carrying billions worth of treasure when it was sunk in 1708.
The San Jose galleon was believed to have been carrying billions worth of treasure when it was sunk in 1708.

ARMADA DE COLOMBIA

The Euclid space telescope's first images show distant, hidden, and irregular galaxies that could help solve 2 of astronomy's grandest mysteries

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A photo of distant galleries, many millions of white spatters on a black background, like flecks of paint, and orange and purple orbs.
Euclid's view of irregular galaxy NGC 6822.

European Space Agency/Euclid Consortium/NASA; image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, G. Anselmi

A discovery of more than 30,000 ancient Roman coins may point the way to a hidden shipwreck

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Divers unearth the coins from the seabed off the coast of Sardinia, Italy.

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