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James Webb telescope confirms a supermassive black hole running away from its host galaxy at 2 million mph, researchers say - By - Elizabeth Howell - published - 8 January 26 - JWST peered at the glowing trail of stars left behind by a candidate runaway supermassive black hole deep in space, revealing new insights after other telescopes looked at the event.

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Leonardo da Vinci's DNA may be embedded in his art - and scientists think they've managed to extract some - By - Sascha Pare - published - 7 January 26 - In a first, scientists have extracted DNA from a Renaissance-era drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, but they can't be sure that the genetic material belongs to the Italian polymath.

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