Matt Willemsen @Nonog@fedibird.com

Hundreds of Free-Floating Planets Found in the Orion Nebula
It appears that rogue planets – free floating worlds that aren’t gravitationally bound to a parent star – might be more common than we thought. New data from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed 540 (yes, that’s right) planetary-mass objects in the Orion Nebula and Trapezium Cluster.
https://www.universetoday.com/163492/hundreds-of-free-floating-planets-found-in-the-orion-nebula/ #FreeーFloating #Planets #Orion #Nebula #rogue #PlanetaryMassObjects

Undersea Water Reservoir Off New Zealand’s Coast
Revealed by 3D seismic imaging, the newly-discovered water reservoir lies 3.2 km (2 miles) under the ocean floor off the coast of New Zealand, where it may be dampening a major earthquake fault that faces the country’s North Island.
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/geophysics/hikurangi-water-reservoir-12323.html #Undersea #Water #Reservoir #NewZealand #Coast #Hikurangi

@kellylepo Waiting for the plaid eclipse.

@andremachado shouldn't this have been announced nearer to Easter?

IOC Bans Russian Olympic Committee Effective Immediately
The International Olympic Committee, or IOC, on Thursday banned the Russian Olympic Committee after the ROC recognized regional organizations from four annexed Ukrainian territories. The ban takes effect immediately.
https://www.voanews.com/a/ioc-bans-russian-olympic-committee-effective-immediately-/7309009.html #finally #ROC #olympics #OutOutOut #ReallyFinally

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/exoplanet-collision-first-afterglow-infrared-light
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/exoplanet-collision-first-afterglow-infrared-light #first #observation #planetary #collision #neptune #infrared

Wisconsin county dealing with ransomware attack on public health department
A county in Wisconsin is responding to a ransomware attack that targeted its public health department and forced officials to take some systems offline.
Officials in Rock County, Wisconsin told Recorded Future News that they experienced a cyberattack on September 29 that affected several of their computer systems.
https://therecord.media/wisconsin-county-dealing-with-ransomware-attack-healthcare #cyberattack #ransomware #health #wisconsin

Manchester surgeon who claimed Covid-19 was a hoax is struck-off
A surgeon, who worked at a hospital where the third UK coronavirus victim died, has been struck-off for claiming the virus was a hoax.
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal ruled that Mr Muhammad Adil undermined public health and public confidence in the medical profession.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-67005464
#surgeon #NotASurgeon #COVIDー19 #struckoff

Puzzling objects found far beyond Neptune hint at second Kuiper belt
Icy bodies at Solar System’s edge found during target hunt for NASA spacecraft
https://www.science.org/content/article/puzzling-objects-found-far-beyond-neptune-hint-second-kuiper-belt #TransNeptunian #KuiperBelt #icy #bodies

The first citrus fruits may have come from southern China
An in-depth genetic analysis of Citrus plants identifies where they probably originated
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/first-citrus-fruits-china-origin #citrus #origins #china #genetics

Wine’s True Origins Are Finally Revealed
A broad genetic study has revised the prevailing narrative about how wine grapes spread around the world
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wines-true-origins-are-finally-revealed/ #wine #origins #genetics #grapes