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Mark Blunden and Rachelle Abbott

Record-breaking black hole jets found in faraway galaxy ...Tech & Science Daily podcast

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Astronomers say they have discovered the longest pair of black hole jets ever seen - coming from a galaxy seven-and-a-half billion light years away.

The record-breaking eruptions span 23 million light years, which is equivalent length of 140 Milky Way galaxies, according to the California Institute of Technology research.

These gigantic outflows, named Porphyrion after a giant in Greek mythology, shoot out from a supermassive black hole and were formed when the universe was a mere 6.3 billion years old, less than half its present age of nearly 14 billion years.

An international law enforcement operation has busted an encrypted messaging platform, known as Ghost, that allegedly enabled large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering.

Australian police have revealed how they hacked into software updates, allowing officers to watch criminals for two years exchanging messages.

Scientists at London’s Institute of Cancer Research have pinpointed a protein in aggressive prostate cancer they hope could help target future treatment.

The team found advanced prostate cancer patients with higher levels of the protein, called BCL2, have significantly worse outcomes than those without.

Plus, the $125,000 space balloon tour, hidden Mars ‘structures’, London’s child measles jab slump and how to combat ‘Zoom fatigue’.

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