The Trifid is another famous binocular object, visible in the direction toward the galaxy’s center. Its name means “divided into three lobes.” If you view this nebula through a telescope, you’ll see why. Source: https://earthsky.org/clusters-nebulae-galaxies/trifid-nebula-a-summer-milky-way-treasure…
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Cassiopeia points to Andromeda galaxy
Leave the city behind this weekend, and go galaxy-hunting! Cassiopeia – one of the easiest constellations to identify – points the way. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/cassiopeia-the-queen-also-points-to-andromeda-galaxy…
June Windows Security Patch Broke Many EMF Files
reg (Slashdot user #5,428) writes: A Windows security patch in June broke the display of many Windows Metafile graphics across all supported versions of Windows, resulting in many old PowerPoint files and Word documents not displaying figures, and graphics from some popular applications not displaying, including at least some ESRI GIS products and files created using the devEMF driver in R….
Windows Update To Fix Critical ‘Wormable’ Flaws May Break VB Apps
“This week’s Windows updates fix critical ‘wormable’ [Bluekeep] flaws but may also break Visual Basic apps, macros, and scripts,” warns ZDNet: “After installing this update, applications that were made using Visual Basic 6 (VB6), macros using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), and scripts or apps using Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) may stop responding and you may receive an ‘invalid procedure…
Microplastics found in Lake Tahoe
Research at one of the world’s clearest, cleanest lakes suggests the problem of microplastics is widespread in freshwater systems and not just in oceans. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/microplastics-found-in-lake-tahoe…
Andromeda galaxy, closest large spiral
The Andromeda galaxy is the nearest big galaxy to our Milky Way. It’s a spiral galaxy, like ours. At 2.5 million light-years, it’s the most distant thing you can see with your eye alone. Source: https://earthsky.org/clusters-nebulae-galaxies/andromeda-galaxy-closest-spiral-to-milky-way…
New Spectre-like CPU Vulnerability Bypasses Existing Defenses
itwbennett writes: Researchers from security firm Bitdefender discovered and reported a year ago a new CPU vulnerability that ‘abuses a system instruction called SWAPGS and can bypass mitigations put in place for previous speculative execution vulnerabilities like Spectre,’ writes Lucian Constantin for CSO. There are three attack scenarios involving SWAPGS, the most serious of which ‘can allow attackers to leak the…
A big earthquake in the US Pacific Northwest?
Most people don’t associate the US Pacific Northwest with earthquakes, but maybe they should. It’s home to the 600-mile (1,000-km) Cascadia megathrust fault, stretching from northern California to Canada’s Vancouver Island. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/cascadia-megathrust-fault-earthquake-probability…
Google Project Zero: 95.8% of All Bug Reports Are Fixed Before Deadline Expires
The Google Project Zero team said that around 95.8% of the security bugs they find in other software and report to their respective vendors get fixed before the 90-day deadline for a public disclosure expires. From a report: That’s quite the batting average for one of world’s most infamous cybersecurity programs. In a statistic shared on Wednesday, Google’s elite security team…
Penetration Testing Toolkit Includes Exploit For ‘Incredibly Dangerous’ Bluekeep Vulnerability
An anonymous reader quotes Vice: In May, Microsoft released a patch for a bug in several versions of Windows that is so bad that the company felt it even had to release a fix for Windows XP, an operating system that (has been unsupported) for five years. That vulnerability is known as BlueKeep, and it has kept a lot of security…