Astronomers found a high energy neutrino – a cosmic ray – that apparently originated during a “tidal disruption event,” that is, when a supermassive black hole shredded a distant star. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/origin-cosmic-ray-when-black-hole-shreds-star…
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Ancient reptile looked like a cross between a dolphin and a shark
A marine reptile that lived around 150 million years ago is a type of ichthyosaur, but is much smaller than others, making it the first species in a new genus Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2262355-ancient-reptile-looked-like-a-cross-between-a-dolphin-and-a-shark/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
The ocean in the autumn sky
In Northern Hemisphere autumn (Southern Hemisphere spring), you can see a group of constellations that represented an “ocean” to the early stargazers. Source: https://earthsky.org/constellations/the-constellations-of-the-celestial-ocean…
Sharpless 308: The Dolphin Nebula
Blown by fast winds from a hot, massive star, this Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html…
Alternative Browser ‘Waterfox’ Acquired By System1
Waterfox is an open-source web browser for x64, ARM64, and PPC64LE systems, “intended to be speedy and ethical, and maintain support for legacy extensions dropped by Firefox, from which it is forked,” according to Wikipedia. (Its tabs also still have angled sides with rounded corners.) Friday Waterfox’s original creator, 24-year-old Alexandros Kontos, announced that the browser “now has funding and a…
Does Iran have a pod of Soviet killer dolphins ?
It turns out that there is a possibility, albeit a small one, that Iran’s Navy includes trained dolphin assassins. As far back as the 1960s, militarie… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/333736/does-iran-have-a-pod-of-soviet-killer-dolphins…
These 2 stars in Sagitta will merge and explode by this century’s end
When the 2 stars in the binary star system V Sagittae come together – around the year 2083, astronomers say – they’ll create a star explosion called a nova. Then V Sagittae will temporarily outshine all the stars in our Milky Way galaxy. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/v-sagittae-to-go-nova-around-2083…
How to see the Great Square of Pegasus
It’s easy! The Great Square of Pegasus consists of 4 stars of nearly equal brightness in a large square pattern. Once you find it, you can star-hop to other well-known sights in the sky. Source: https://earthsky.org/favorite-star-patterns/great-square-of-pegasus-wings-in-sept-equinox…
Altair: Bright star of the Eagle
Altair is only 16.8 light-years from Earth, making it one of our closest stellar neighbors. At least 2 features of the star make it distinctive. For one thing, Altair needs only 10 hours to spin once on its axis, in contrast to roughly a month for our sun. Source: https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/altair-the-bluish-jewel-of-the-eagle…
Remember Autorun.inf Malware In Windows? Turns Out KDE Offers Something Similar
Long-time Slashdot reader Artem S. Tashkinov writes: A security researcher has published proof-of-concept (PoC) code for a vulnerability in the KDE software framework. A fix is not available at the time of writing. The bug was discovered by Dominik “zer0pwn” Penner and impacts the KDE Frameworks package 5.60.0 and below. The KDE Frameworks software library is at the base of the…