Baffles
Rogue Black Hole Adrift in Milky Way Baffles Scientists with Missing Companion Star
Lone Black Hole Discovered Drifting Through Milky Way Scientists have detected a solitary black hole, seven times the Sun’s mass, drifting 5,000 light-years away in Sagittarius. Unlike most black holes found via companion stars, this one relied on a rare "gravitational lensing" effect—a first for isolated black holes. Artist’s impression of the lone black hole […]
First-Ever Live Sighting of Mysterious Deep-Sea Colossal Squid Baffles Scientists in South Atlantic
Historic First: Live Colossal Squid Filmed in the Deep Sea [Image: A translucent juvenile colossal squid suspended in the deep, its pink tentacles faintly visible. Caption: The first live footage of a colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, in its natural habitat.] For the first time, scientists have captured footage of a live colossal squid—the world’s largest […]
World Cup Winner’s Rare Genetic Condition Baffles Doctors, Shares Regret Ahead of Surgery
World Cup Winner Gianluca Zambrotta Reveals Battle with Rare Genetic Condition By Tamara Prenn Gianluca Zambrotta, the 2006 World Cup-winning Italian defender, has opened up about living with a rare genetic condition that has severely impacted his health since retiring from football. Now 48, the former Barcelona, Juventus, and AC Milan star admitted he regrets […]