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Solar System Formed From ‘Poorly Mixed Cake Batter’ – Eurasia Review

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A meteorite thin section under a microscope. Different colors represent different minerals, because light travels through them in different ways. The round mineral aggregates are chondrules, which are a major component in primitive meteorites. Credit: Nicole Xike Nie. Earth's potassium arrived by meteoritic delivery service finds new research led by Carnegie's Nicole Nie and Da Wang. Publisher: Eurasia Review Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Huge 'alien' comet the size of Mount Kilimanjaro is streaking straight towards the Sun | Daily ... A large comet that scientists think may have come from another solar system is currently streaking towards our sun. The ' alien ' space rock, which at 3.7 miles (six kilometres) wide is the size of Mount Kilimanjaro, was first spotted in 1986 with the help of a homemade cardboard telescope. Publisher: Mail Online Date: 2023-01-31T13:54:30 0000 Author: Sam To...

Incredible Footage Shows Planets Circling a Star Light-Years Away : ScienceAlert

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A new video shared on YouTube is one of the most amazing things we've ever seen in planetary science. The video shows four dots of light moving in partial concentric circles around a black disk at their center. What you're actually looking at is a planetary system. Publisher: ScienceAlert Date: 2023-01-31T05:37:56 00:00 Author: Michelle Starr Twitter: @ScienceAlert Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Incredible Time-Lapse Shows Planets' 12-Year Dance Around Their Star | IFLScience They may be just tiny dots, but these giant planets are actually five to 10 times as massive as Jupiter and so young they are still intensely hot. Image Credit: Jason Wang/Northwestern University At first sight, the video below might be confused with an amateur's effort at filming Jupiter and the movements of its largest moons. Publisher: IFLScience Twitter: @IFLScience Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Wat...

Alien expert: They don't come in peace - The Jerusalem Post

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Maine teachers learn about space technology, will teach students about it in class | WPFO

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Publisher: WPFO Date: 2023-01-28T16:22:42 00:00 Author: Aysia Reed WGME Twitter: @fox23maine Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Beijing New Space Technology Logs 53.3% Drop in New Projects in Q4 2022 | MarketScreener Date: 8E1C9AF149514AB658B7178E8A38825C Author: MarketScreener Twitter: @ForTraders Reference: (Read more) Visit Source The skies the limit for the booming space industry - JNS.org (January 31, 2023 / JNS) Some believe space exploration is a thing of the past, but 2023 holds exciting prospects for proving them wrong. The space industry is expected to grow to a $1 trillion enterprise, up 10% each year, and to employ 20,000 people by 2030. This week, space industry leaders from NASA and the German, Italian and Greek space agencies, as well as from Portugal, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates, met in Tel Aviv for the two-day Ilan Ramon Space Conference. Publisher: JNS.org Date: 2023-01-31...

GitHub Breach: Hackers Stole Code-Signing Certificates for GitHub Desktop and Atom

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GitHub on Monday disclosed that unknown threat actors managed to exfiltrate encrypted code signing certificates pertaining to some versions of GitHub Desktop for Mac and Atom apps. As a result, the company is taking the step of revoking the exposed certificates out of abundance of caution. The following versions of GitHub Desktop for Mac have been invalidated: 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6, 3.0.7, 3.0.8, 3.1.0, 3.1.1, and 3.1.2. Publisher: The Hacker News Author: GitHub reports unauthorized access to Desktop Atom apps repositories leading to exposure of encrypted code signing certificates Twitter: @TheHackersNews Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Why do hackers target cryptocurrencies? Here, Cyber Security Hub explores the threat vectors used and vulnerabilities exploited by hackers specific to cryptocurrency-based cyber crime. With Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether having market caps of $330.6bn, $152.6bn and $68.2bn respecti...

Asteroid which whizzed past Earth exposes ‘blind spot’ in our planetary defence

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Astronomers have warned that an asteroid that whizzed past Earth harmlessly last week has highlighted a blind spot in our ability to spot dangerous space rocks. "How many natural hazards are there that we could actually do something about and prevent for a billion dollars? There's not many." Twitter: @YahooNews Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Rubble pile asteroid is 4.2 billion years old and nearly indestructible Based on just three particles of dust, Australian researchers have determined that a near-Earth asteroid is 4.2 billion years old — and practically indestructible. The knowledge gap: Asteroids can broadly be divided into two types: monolithic (one big rock) or rubble pile (many rocks held together by gravity). Publisher: Freethink Date: 2023-01-30T15:42:10 00:00 Reference: (Read more) Visit Source The Space Review: Our solar system is filled with asteroids that are particula...