The James Webb Space Telescope has been produced some incredible images since it was commissioned. It has also produced some more intriguing images. James Webb Space Telescope spies giant cosmic question mark in deep space – Space.com The image is credited to NASA and ESA on Space.com – a reputable …
Because It’s Friday – NASA 2022
It is still early enough in the year to post retrospectives of 2022. Here is one by Chris Impey, (University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona) in The Conversation about the missions NASA ran in 2022: NASA’s busiest year in decades – an astronomer sums up the dizzying array …
Because It’s Friday – back to space this week
The reason for the “Because It’s Friday” project was to lighten the content of this blog as my stories can be a stream of bad news. With the cyber security news this week of loss of privacy, the insider threat, our cars being vulnerable, threat actors hitting out at home …
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Because It’s Friday – let’s take a close look at Jupiter – and it ties in with a cyber security story this week
The big thing about the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is that it can see a long way – to the edge of the universe and back in time. So whilst looking at the JWST blog, I found it is looking at things a lot closer than the edge of …
Malware in redistributed James Webb Space telescope images – but we use JWST images here at Smart Thinking!
Here is a story that shows you always have to keep your guard up when dealing with cyber-security, as the threat landscape is constantly changing and the threat actors will always choose vectors that are in the news. This particular attack comes right back here to Smart Thinking – malware …
Because It’s Friday – back to space this week
I just missed these announcements for last week’s “Because It’s Friday”. NASA has released the first scientific infrared images produced by the James Webb Space Telescope: First Images from the James Webb Space Telescope | NASA Senior Project Scientist John Mather Reflects on Journey to Webb’s First Images – James …
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Because It’s Friday – A guide to computer terms from 1981 and good advice for computer users in 2022
Who remembers Tandy, the electronics store? There was one in the Grays shopping centre, when I was kid, as there were in many other towns around the country, and I bought stuff from them. Although the free battery card never really did work out. Radio Shack was the US parent …