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TDE 2023mfm off-center flare reveals wandering million-solar-mass black hole

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TDE 2023mfm off-center flare reveals wandering million-solar-mass black hole

Analysis: Science & Technology — 17 October 2026 One-atom-high steps guide superconducting vortices 1,000 times more easily Researchers at Japan’s Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA, NIMS) report that steps only one atom high on an ultrathin superconductor act as rails for quantum vortices. Four-terminal resistance measurements showed the vortices moved more than 1,000 times … Read more

Houthis strike Aden presidential palace killing five as Hormuz claims clash

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Houthis strike Aden presidential palace killing five as Hormuz claims clash

Analysis: Global — 16 October 2026 Houthis strike Aden presidential palace as Hormuz control claims clash Ansar Allah, known as the Houthis, fired missiles and drones at Aden’s Al-Maashiq presidential palace on Thursday, the first such strike on the compound in the current Saudi–Houthi round of fighting. Yemen’s internationally recognised government said five people were … Read more

MSCI rules could eject Strategy and Metaplanet from global equity indexes

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MSCI rules could eject Strategy and Metaplanet from global equity indexes

Analysis: Finance & Crypto — 16 October 2026 MSCI finalizes rules that could eject Strategy and Metaplanet from global equity indexes MSCI adopted on Thursday a methodology that can bar so-called non-operating companies from its Global Investable Market Indexes. Firms that mainly hold investments rather than run an operating business would no longer be eligible. … Read more

Healey rejects UK capital gains tax rise as IMF warns stay the course

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Healey rejects UK capital gains tax rise as IMF warns stay the course

Analysis: Europe — 16 October 2026 Chancellor Healey rejects capital-gains tax rise as IMF warns Britain to stay the course UnHerd reports that UK Chancellor John Healey has rejected three tax-raising ideas in days: equalising capital gains tax with income tax, lowering a planned mansion-tax threshold from £2 million to £1.5 million, and extra business … Read more

RIKEN silicon spin qubits keep 99.99% fidelity with three driven at once

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RIKEN silicon spin qubits keep 99.99% fidelity with three driven at once

Analysis: Science & Technology — 16 October 2026 Atomic steps one atom high steer superconducting vortices more than 1,000 times more easily Researchers at Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science report that steps only one atom high can act as rails for quantum vortices in an ultrathin superconductor. Four-terminal resistance measurements showed the vortices moved … Read more

Iran mine sinks GFS Pride containership in Strait of Hormuz oil collapse

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Iran mine sinks GFS Pride containership in Strait of Hormuz oil collapse

Analysis: Global — 15 October 2026 Iran mine sinks containership in Strait of Hormuz as oil flows collapse Iran and Ansar Allah intensified attacks on 14–15 October. The AD Ports-operated containership GFS Pride sank after a strike and fire on a Hormuz transit; Iranian accounts said a UAE-owned ship with more than 2,500 containers hit … Read more

UK Chancellor Healey rejects CGT equalisation and mansion tax widening

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UK Chancellor Healey rejects CGT equalisation and mansion tax widening

Analysis: Europe — 15 October 2026 UK Chancellor Healey rejects CGT equalisation and mansion-tax widening ahead of Budget UK Chancellor John Healey has, in successive decisions this week, rejected equalising capital gains tax with income tax, refused to lower a planned mansion-tax threshold from £2 million to £1.5 million, and ruled out extra business rates … Read more

DF2 DF4 DF9 dark-matter-free galaxies linked to head-on collision

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DF2 DF4 DF9 dark-matter-free galaxies linked to head-on collision

Analysis: Science & Technology — 15 October 2026 Dark-matter-free galaxies DF2, DF4 and DF9 traced to a past collision Three ultra-diffuse galaxies about 65 million light-years away—DF2, DF4 and DF9—contain little or no dark matter, Quanta Magazine reported on 14 October, drawing on work in The Astrophysical Journal. Stellar motions used as a mass proxy … Read more