Tag: probes

TESS spacecraft is finding hundreds of exoplanets

… and it’s poised to find thousands more. But will we find another Earth? Source: https://earthsky.org/space/tess-spacecraft-finding-exoplanets…

Facebook Sued by California Over User-Data Practices Subpoenas

California revealed for the first time an 18-month investigation into Facebook’s privacy practices and accused the social media giant in a court filing on Wednesday of hampering the investigation. From a report: Revelation of the probe is the latest bad news for Facebook, which is already under investigation by 47 U.S. states. Some states, particularly New York and Nebraska, have raised…

Voyager 2 sends back insights on interstellar space

Voyager 2 left the realm of the sun’s influence a year ago today, becoming the 2nd craft ever to do so. This week, the journal Nature Astronomy published 5 new papers describing what Voyager 2 has been seeing on its journey into the unknown. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/voyager-2-new-published-papers-boundary-interstellar-space…

Physicist: alien probes may be too small to see

One scientist has proposed a possible new explanation for why we have yet to encounter intelligent alien life. The question of whether we are alone in… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/331525/physicist-alien-probes-may-be-too-small-to-see…

Microsoft: Iranian Hackers Targeted a 2020 Presidential Campaign

Microsoft disclosed today that Iranian state-sponsored hackers tried to hack into email accounts belonging to current and former US government officials, and members of a 2020 US presidential campaign. From a report: The attacks have taken place “in a 30-day period between August and September,” Tom Burt, Corporate Vice President, Customer Security & Trust at Microsoft, said today. Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence…

Astronomer probes idea of ET ‘lurkers’

What would an extraterrestrial intelligence need to observe Earth, long-term, from nearby? Materials, a firm anchor, concealment? Earth’s co-orbital objects, or quasi-satellites, might be the ideal place to “lurk.” Source: https://earthsky.org/space/alien-lurker-probes-co-orbital-asteroids-earth…