Gaia Creates Richest Star Map of Our Galaxy – And Beyond

http://sci.esa.int/gaia/60192-gaia-creates-richest-star-map-of-our-galaxy-and-beyond/

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Distant Active Galactic Nuclei, also known as "Quasars", also play a role through daily observations in keeping the GPS system in sync.

Astronomers Peer Deeper and Farther Into the Cosmos in Search of AGN

https://scitechdaily.com/astronomers-peer-deeper-and-farther-into-the-cosmos-in-search-of-agn/

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ALMA Discovers 14-Galaxy Collision in the Distant Universe

https://scitechdaily.com/alma-discovers-14-galaxy-collision-in-the-distant-universe/

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The Milky Way’s supermassive black hole may have a dozen nomadic siblings

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/04/the-milky-ways-supermassive-black-hole-has-siblings

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If your theory of the universe relies on grand conspiracies, let's just say I'm probably going to be a tough audience.

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Physicists in Earth’s remotest corners race to reproduce ‘cosmic dawn’ signal

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-04966-9

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Light pollution undermining search for other planets

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/04/light-pollution-undermining-search-planets-180425161826122.html

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These are among the most beautiful machines our species have built.

Happy Astronomy Day 2018!

And thanks to all who work to expand human knowledge.

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(Via #NSF. Credit: #ALMA)

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SunTrust says a former employee may have tried to print information on about 1.5 million customers and share it with a "criminal third party."

http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/20/news/companies/suntrust-bank/index.html

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Does AI have a hardware problem?

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41928-018-0068-2

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https://twitter.com/ASLuhn/status/986218853469446144

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A little project nearing completion: redundant 26V battery backup power supply for a couple of 48-port Ubiquiti switches (plus a redundant 54V battery backup power supply for couple of POE-powered Ubiquiti access points).

Should provide upwards of 24 hours of battery backup.

Thousands of compromised websites spreading malware via fake updates

https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-protection/cyber-security/thousands-compromised-websites-spreading-malware-via-fake-updates/

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Federal Agency Data Under Siege

https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/federal-agency-data-under-siege/a/d-id/1331467

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Avoiding the Ransomware Mistakes that Crippled Atlanta

https://www.darkreading.com/partner-perspectives/iboss/avoiding-the-ransomware-mistakes-that-crippled-atlanta/a/d-id/1331518

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Russian court blocks Telegram messaging app in privacy row

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-russian-court-blocks-telegram-messaging.html

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No, that galaxy without dark matter has not ruled out modified gravity

http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2018/04/no-that-galaxy-without-dark-matter-has.html

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They're back! (OK, for some of us, they never left)

“High Definition Vinyl” Is Happening, Possibly as Early as Next Year

https://pitchfork.com/news/high-definition-vinyl-is-happening-possibly-as-early-as-next-year/

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Google Chrome to Boost User Privacy by Improving Cookies Handling Procedure

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-chrome-to-boost-user-privacy-by-improving-cookies-handling-procedure/

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Scientists Create Beautiful Iridescent Material That Could Be Edible

(Personally, I'll wait until the "could be" thing is hashed out)

https://gizmodo.com/scientists-create-beautiful-iridescent-material-that-co-1825115747

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