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The 2026 Perseids were particularly bright because the Moon was absent, letting more meteors be visible, while a total solar eclipse near the peak (visible from Greenland and Spain) occurred. The shower originates from debris of Comet Swift-Tuttle and radiates from Perseus, with the featured image captured over several nights in Jizerka, Czech Republic.
A new Android banking Trojan named Perseus disguises itself as IPTV apps to distribute via unofficial stores. It uses Android Accessibility Services to scan and extract sensitive data from note apps (Google Keep, Samsung Notes, Evernote, OneNote, etc.), including passwords and recovery phrases, enabling full remote control over infected devices (screenshots, overlay attacks, keylogging, app launches, and more). The malware evades analysis with anti‑analysis checks and a “suspicion score” to decide whether to proceed. It primarily targets Turkish and Italian financial institutions and crypto apps. Users are advised to avoid sideloading APKs, only use Google Play, and keep Play Protect enabled.
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured a detailed image of the Herbig Haro object 797 (HH 797), a luminous region surrounding a newborn star in the Perseus dark cloud complex. The image reveals intricate details of the protostar and its outflows, which are formed when stellar winds or jets of gas collide with nearby gas and dust. The image was captured using Webb's Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam), which is particularly effective in studying newborn stars and their outflows. The image shows that what was previously thought to be one outflow is actually two parallel outflows, each produced by a separate star.
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured a detailed image of the Herbig Haro object 797 (HH 797), a luminous region surrounding a protostar in the Perseus dark cloud complex. The image reveals two parallel outflows with their own series of shocks, indicating that the source is not a single star but a double star. Infrared imaging allows for the visualization of the structure of the outflows, making Herbig-Haro objects ideal for observation with Webb's sensitive infrared instruments. This image provides valuable insights into the formation and dynamics of protostars and their outflows.
NASA has recorded the sound of a black hole at the center of a galaxy cluster in the constellation Perseus by using sound waves that can travel through the gas enveloping the cluster. The sound waves were transformed into audible frequencies through a process called sonification. The resulting sound allows us to hear noises from 250 million light years away. While black holes can be as massive as 60 billion times the mass of the sun, even a small one close to Earth could cause catastrophic destruction. Fortunately, there are no black holes in our solar system.