By Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) -Traders on Wednesday firmed up bets that the European Central Bank would pause hiking interest rates

Ecuador, still grieving from the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, is a week away from an election

Astronomers have spotted the moment a black hole "turned on". While looking for the collision of a neutron star with another object, which should result in a kilonova (an explosion which reddens then fades over time), they stumbled upon an event which remained extremely bright. They soon worked out this light was because of supermassive black hole called J221951-484240 which had been on for around 10 months. But then they had to work out what had caused it, and got stuck between two causes, “J221951 is consistent with being nuclear, so the scenarios we are being left are a tidal disruption event or an active galactic nucleus,” lead author Dr Samantha Oates said as she presented the research at the National Astronomy Meeting 2023. “Looking at the spectrum it's consistent with both categories.” Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter A tidal disruption event (TDE) takes place when a star or a gas cloud gets too close to a supermassive black hole. The material is ripped apart, and begins to shine as the black hole feeds Alternatively, it could be an active galactic nucleus (AGN), the phase of a supermassive black hole where it is consistently feeding in a frenzy. “We hope in future to distinguish between these two scenarios,” Dr Oates concluded. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

Donald Trump's day trip to an Atlanta jail Thursday will show that the defining moments of the 2024 election are more likely to happen in the courtroom than in campaign trail rituals like the presidential debate that he cold-shouldered.

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'She's [Dua Lipa] dating a guy who's 41. Which is interesting because it makes me think, like... would I date a guy who's 41?' Pokimane said

The U.K. prime minister is defending China's invitation to a summit on artificial intelligence that Vice President Kamala Harris will attend next week

There are two Republican primaries as an election season that defies conventional metrics and campaign trail traditions crashes into its fall stretch.

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A failed political candidate has been indicted on federal charges including interference with the electoral process in connection with a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of state and local lawmakers in Albuquerque

NASA's moon megarocket is going to get a heckuva lot… mega-er. Though the U.S. space

Two years after winning five gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics, Caeleb Dressel has failed to qualify for the swimming world championships