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Supermassive black holes inside of dying galaxies detected in early universe

Posted: 27 May 2022 07:10 AM PDT

An international team of astronomers used a database combining observations from the best telescopes in the world, including the Subaru Telescope, to detect the signal from the active supermassive black holes of dying galaxies in the early Universe. The appearance of these active supermassive black holes correlates with changes in the host galaxy, suggesting that a black hole could have far reaching effects on the evolution of its host galaxy.

AI learns coral reef 'song'

Posted: 27 May 2022 05:52 AM PDT

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can track the health of coral reefs by learning the 'song of the reef', new research shows.

Finding coherence in quantum chaos

Posted: 26 May 2022 10:53 AM PDT

A theoretical breakthrough in understanding quantum chaos could open new paths into researching quantum information and quantum computing, many-body physics, black holes, and the still-elusive quantum to classical transition.

Perplexing fish-like fossil finally classified

Posted: 26 May 2022 06:55 AM PDT

For the first time since its discovery 130 years ago one of the most mysterious fossil vertebrates has finally been classified, increasing our possible understanding of the first animals to crawl on Earth.

Aerodynamic analysis causes a rethink of the biggest pterosaur

Posted: 20 May 2022 04:31 AM PDT

Researchers shed light on the way Quetzalcoatlus would have flown, finding that the dinosaur's flying dynamics were actually very different to how it has been depicted in popular culture.