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NASA’s Fermi Glimpses Power Source of Supercharged Supernovaehttps://science.nasa.gov/missions/fermi/nasas-fermi-glimpses-power-source-of-supercharged-supernovae/An international team studying data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope concludes the mission detected a rare, unusually luminous supernova. The researchers say it likely received its power-up from a supermagnetized neutron star born in the stellar collapse that triggered the explosion. The Fermi mission is part of NASA’s fleet of observatories monitoring the changing […]May 20, 2026 12:55 PM
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Show HN: Give This Markdown to Your Coding Agent Before Publishing to NPMhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48203219https://npm-supply-chain-attack-techniques.pagey.site/attack...Website: https://npm-supply-chain-attack-techniques.pagey.siteThis covers all techniques used in past 1 year to conduct various attacks on npm packages. Use it to get your project reviewed thoroughly before publishing.Exploits covered with mitigation information:1. Maintainer Account Takeover and Malicious Publish2. Lifecycle Hook Execution3. Self-Replicating npm Worms4. CI/CD Identity Plane Attacks5. Git-Based Dependency Smuggling6. Remote Dynamic Dependencies7. Phishing Infrastructure Hosted Through npm and Package CDNs8. Credential and Secret Harvesting9. Exfiltration and Dead-Drop Channels10. Persistence and Anti-Forensics11. Obfuscation and Payload Packaging12. Package Naming and Discovery AbuseMay 20, 2026 4:45 AM
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Psyche’s High-Resolution View of Mars’ South Polehttps://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/psyches-high-resolution-view-of-mars-south-pole/Description This is the highest-resolution view of the water ice-rich south polar cap of Mars captured by NASA’s Psyche mission after it made its close approach with the planet for a gravity assist. The image scale is around 0.7 miles per pixel (1.14 kilometers per pixel). The cap itself extends across more than 430 miles […]May 19, 2026 8:38 PM
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NASA Selects Next Class of Space Health Postdoctoral Fellowshttps://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-next-class-of-space-health-postdoctoral-fellows/The NASA-funded Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) has selected two early‑career scientists for its next class of postdoctoral fellows. The new fellows will begin their projects in May, focusing on space food systems and astronaut eye health. The TRISH Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supports independent research that advances biomedical, behavioral, and technological approaches relevant […]May 18, 2026 5:00 PM
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Curiosity Shakes Loose a Pesky Rockhttps://www.nasa.gov/image-article/curiosity-shakes-loose-a-pesky-rock/After NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drilled a sample from this rock on April 25, 2026, it withdrew its robotic arm and pulled the entire rock off the surface with it. Engineers spent several days repositioning the arm and vibrating the drill to try and get the rock loose. When it finally detached on May 1, […]May 15, 2026 2:45 PM
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Perseverance Stuns in New Selfiehttps://www.nasa.gov/image-article/perseverance-stuns-in-new-selfie/NASA’s Perseverance rover recently took a self-portrait against a sweeping backdrop of ancient Martian terrain at a location the science team calls “Lac de Charmes.” Assembled from 61 individual images, the selfie shows Perseverance training its mast on a rocky outcrop in the foreground after creating a circular abrasion patch, with the western rim of […]May 12, 2026 5:22 PM
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Snaps Selfie in Mars’ Western Frontierhttps://www.nasa.gov/missions/mars-2020-perseverance/perseverance-rover/nasas-perseverance-rover-snaps-selfie-in-mars-western-frontier/NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover recently took a self-portrait against a sweeping backdrop of ancient Martian terrain at a location the science team calls “Lac de Charmes.” Assembled from 61 individual images, the selfie shows Perseverance training its mast on a rocky outcrop on which it had just made a circular abrasion patch, with the western […]May 12, 2026 4:48 PM
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NASA’s Perseverance Captures Panorama at ‘Arbot’https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/nasas-perseverance-captures-panorama-at-arbot/Description NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to capture this panorama of an area nicknamed “Arbot” on April 5, 2026, the 1,882nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission, during the rover’s deepest push west beyond Jezero Crater. Made of 46 images, the panorama offers one of the richest geological vistas of the […]May 12, 2026 4:46 PM
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Snaps Westernmost Selfiehttps://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/nasas-perseverance-rover-snaps-westernmost-selfie/Description NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie on March 11, 2026, the 1,797th Martian day, or sol, of the mission, during the rover’s deepest push west beyond Jezero Crater. Assembled from 61 individual images, the selfie shows Perseverance training its mast on the “Arethusa” rocky outcrop after creating a whitish circular abrasion patch. The […]May 12, 2026 4:45 PM
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Show HN: MosaicQR – QR codes that double as pixel art of any simple imagehttps://mosaicqr.comI wanted to make a QR code for a separate business (a software company for MEP engineers) where the QR code itself looked like the logo. I found several tools online, but none that produced the result I was looking for.I made a tool that powers MosaicQR.com to achieve the balance of aesthetics and functional scanning that I wanted. This website generates QR codes where the module layout looks like the inputted image. The free version auto-fetches the favicon from any URL you enter.Curious what people think.May 12, 2026 2:21 PM
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NASA’s Curiosity Takes Close Look at Rock That Got Stuck on Drillhttps://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/nasas-curiosity-takes-close-look-at-rock-that-got-stuck-on-drill/Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this view of a rock nicknamed “Atacama” on May 6, 2026, the 4,877th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The rock had gotten stuck to the drill on the end of Curiosity’s robotic arm on April 25. Engineers spent several days […]May 12, 2026 12:09 AM
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NASA’s SpaceX 34th Commercial Resupply Mission Overviewhttps://www.nasa.gov/general/nasas-spacex-34th-commercial-resupply-mission-overview/NASA and SpaceX are targeting a mid-May launch to deliver scientific investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. Loaded with about 6,500 pounds of supplies, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will lift off aboard the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Following its arrival to the orbital complex, Dragon will dock autonomously to the forward port of […]May 8, 2026 10:50 PM
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Meet the Fleet: NASA Armstrong Continues Legacy of Flight Researchhttps://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/armstrong/meet-the-fleet-nasa-armstrong-continues-legacy-of-flight-research/NASA’s home for experimental flight is welcoming more flyers to its already high-performing fleet as it continues to support science and aeronautics test missions – continuing the legacy of pioneers like Neil Armstrong. NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, added multiple aircraft this year: two F-15s supersonic jets, a Pilatus PC-12 utility plane, […]May 7, 2026 11:45 PM
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Massive star clusters destroy their birth clouds faster, James Webb and Hubble findhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a36630af149819eacac23d6b59c43&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fnews%2Ftechnology%2Fmassive-star-clusters-destroy-their-birth-clouds-faster-james-webb-and-hubble-find%2Far-AA22zUTk&c=8861664222930924544&mkt=en-usUsing the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and its predecessor Hubble, astronomers took a close look at thousands of young star clusters in four galaxies and studied these clusters at different ...May 7, 2026 1:09 AM
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Show HN: I built a skill, grounded in research, to make your writing less boringhttps://github.com/ericfitz/skills/blob/main/boring/README.mdMy job at a large tech company requires me to write. A lot. Mainly I write docs to help align technical people on a technical strategy, or to inform executives about technical matters, or to make requests of executives about technical proposals.I wanted to ensure that my writing was captivating and that the audience didn't just read the summary and skip the rest.I used a chat agent to build a research report on the academic literature about what makes writing boring or not-boring ("not-boring" is NOT the same thing as "interesting"). I synthesized that into a taxonomy, and built tooling for mechanistic analysis and prompts for LLM analysis, synthesis and recommendation.What this is: research-grounded analysis of a document with concrete evidence-based suggestions of how to improve it.What this is NOT: it's not a simplistic prompt "Help me make my document better" or even "make every section/paragraph/sentence earn its place". (I am developing a separate skill for that in the same repo,May 6, 2026 6:32 PM
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LiveEO Secures €28 Million to Accelerate Push into Defence Applicationshttps://europeanspaceflight.com/liveeo-secures-e28-million-to-accelerate-push-into-defence-applications/German Earth observation data provider LiveEO has closed a €28 million funding round. The company plans to use the funding to accelerate its expansion into dual-use defence and security services, as it positions itself to compete for a share of Germany’s planned €35 billion in spending on space-related defence projects. Founded in 2018, the Berlin-based […] The post LiveEO Secures €28 Million to Accelerate Push into Defence Applications appeared first on European Spaceflight.May 6, 2026 2:33 PM
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Singapore effective in tackling financial crime including money laundering: Reporthttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi0wFBVV95cUxNczE4NzlsNE5kczRnN3ZSQzNRSU5KcWdUMXJYZkt2c09wWHR2MmJUeWNpNmd0enNDUnVtNUZERGhJRjRNQWpXZGpXYVpUTGgwcDFLMnZWTVJKMzlFTVNZY2FZSVItYkNlX1kxVUR3YTNZUjlTaHNqclpFUmo1b3doTzJlRnZqbmVrdVgtY3BjZWdLZGJUVDBscGZFZl8yVjRsdTM3OHJyMUZwamNOaUlKbDFrOEpPdlkybTFJNVk5eVk0eWFCRTczVE9XYXlGdVh0UTdN?oc=5Singapore effective in tackling financial crime including money laundering: Report The Straits TimesMay 6, 2026 7:00 AM
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NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Surveys ‘Crocodile Bridge’https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/nasas-perseverance-mars-rover-surveys-crocodile-bridge/Description NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera system to capture this 360-degree panorama of a region nicknamed “Crocodile Bridge” on Jezero Crater’s rim. The panorama is made up of 980 images, 971 of which were taken on Dec. 18, 2025, the 1,717th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. An additional nine were […]May 5, 2026 8:10 PM
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Op-Ed: Isaacman’s Actions Threaten Trust and Stability at NASAhttps://www.spacescout.info/2026/05/op-ed-isaacmans-actions-threaten-trust-and-stability-at-nasa/Administrator Isaacman’s actions to date have destabilized NASA, damaged its most valued relationships, and jeopardized its future.May 4, 2026 2:54 PM
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Man tar why we use -fhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47995364Device selection and switching -f, --file=ARCHIVE Use archive file or device ARCHIVE. If this option is not given, tar will first examine the environment variable ‘TAPE'. If it is set, its value will be used as the archive name. Otherwise, tar will assume the compiled-in default. The default value can be inspected either using the --show-defaults option, or at the end of the tar --help output. An archive name that has a colon in it specifies a file or device on a remote machine. The part before the colon is taken as the machine name or IP address, and the part after it as the file or device pathname, e.g.: --file=remotehost:/dev/sr0 An optional username can be prefixed to the hostname, placing a @ sign between them. By default, the remote host is accessed via the rsh(1) command. Nowadays it is common to use ssh(1) instead. You can do so by giving the following command line option: --rsh-command=/usr/bin/ssh The remote machine should have the rmt(8) command installed. If its pathname doMay 3, 2026 10:06 AM
