europeanspaceagency posted a photo:

This image shows an area of the observations of the galactic bulge, made by the European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope. A dense molecular cloud in the foreground, called LDN 10, obscures the light from the galactic bulge (yellow).

The area is zoomed in ten times compared to the full image.

Explore this image at the highest resolution in ESASky.

Read more about this image here.

[Image description: A dense field of tiny, closely packed points of light fills the image. Most of the background is bright yellow and gold. A broad, irregular dark band runs diagonally across the centre, forming connected black and dark-brown patches. Brighter clusters of pale yellow and white points appear above and below this dark band, with a few slightly bluish points scattered throughout.]

Technical details: The Euclid galactic bulge survey was conducted in early 2025 using Euclid’s optical camera VIS (monochromatic, one colour). These are first and foremost Euclid images, defined by Euclid’s crisp resolution and spectacularly wide field of view; the colours were added using observations captured in the summer of 2025 with the Canada-France-Hawai'i Telescope's MegaCam camera (CFHT-Megacam) in Hawai’i. The colours captured by MegaCam are in optical light through three broad-band filters (u, g, and r) overlapping the very broad VIS band over the r-band. The appearance of the most luminous stars in these images looks different than those generated from Euclid-only images, with additional diffraction spikes and a subtle halo around the very bright stars. This a consequence of combining Euclid VIS data, for their sensitivity and sharpness, and CFHT-MegaCam for the colours. Subtle differences in optical design of the two telescopes become apparent for the brighter objects.

Credits: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, CFHT, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre and E. Bertin (CEA Paris-Saclay); CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

europeanspaceagency posted a photo:

This 16:9 cutout is taken from the largest high-resolution photo ever made of the centre of our Milky Way galaxy in visible light. It was captured on 23 March 2025 by the European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope. A full view of the complete image is available here.

On the right side of the image, Euclid looks through the dense foreground of the Milky Way’s galactic plane, where thick molecular clouds appear as dark patches that obscure parts of the galactic bulge beyond. Moving towards the left, the view rises to higher galactic latitudes: the yellow glow of the bulge becomes clearer, with fewer and more isolated foreground clouds interrupting the starlight.

Read more about this image here.

[Image description: A wide, horizontal view shows a densely packed field of tiny stars. The left side is dominated by bright yellow and gold colours, with only a few dark patches interrupting the glow. Moving towards the right, the image becomes darker and more mottled, with larger irregular black and brown areas cutting into the star-filled background. Subtle purple and reddish tones appear toward the upper right, while small blue points of light are scattered across the scene.]

Technical details: The Euclid galactic bulge survey was conducted in early 2025 using Euclid’s optical camera VIS (monochromatic, one colour). These are first and foremost Euclid images, defined by Euclid’s crisp resolution and spectacularly wide field of view; the colours were added using observations captured in the summer of 2025 with the Canada-France-Hawai'i Telescope's MegaCam camera (CFHT-Megacam) in Hawai’i. The colours captured by MegaCam are in optical light through three broad-band filters (u, g, and r) overlapping the very broad VIS band over the r-band. The appearance of the most luminous stars in these images looks different than those generated from Euclid-only images, with additional diffraction spikes and a subtle halo around the very bright stars. This a consequence of combining Euclid VIS data, for their sensitivity and sharpness, and CFHT-MegaCam for the colours. Subtle differences in optical design of the two telescopes become apparent for the brighter objects.

Credits: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, CFHT, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre and E. Bertin (CEA Paris-Saclay); CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

Miranda and Eisa Davis’s concept album based on the 1979 film is to be realised for the stage, co-directed by Jenny Koons and Hamilton’s Andy Blankenbuehler

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis’s concept album based on The Warriors, the cult novel and film about warring New York gangs, is to become a Broadway musical next year.

The album, Warriors, was released to critical acclaim in 2024 and followed the eponymous Coney Island clan’s odyssey back to the Bronx after being falsely accused of killing the leader of the city’s biggest gang. The original story was written by Sol Yurick, whose 1965 book was inspired by Xenophon’s ancient epic Anabasis, and it became a Walter Hill action film in 1979.

Remain voters recall how they dealt with division over 2016 referendum – and how they feel about their loved ones now

Ten years on from the EU referendum, we asked people how their voting experience had affected their relationships with friends and family.

Some spoke of painful family divisions that emerged between leave and remain voters, while others shared how, despite their political differences, they were able to move on with magnanimity.

Goed nieuws: er lijkt eindelijk een oplossing te zijn voor het stikstofprobleem in Nederland. Dat maakte de veesector vandaag bekend. Om de veestapel te halveren moeten we hem opeten.

“Het is eigenlijk raar dat we er niet eerder op gekomen zijn, want als je de oplossing zo op papier ziet staan, lijkt het heel eenvoudig. De stikstofuitstoot kan omlaag door de veestapel te halveren, dat wisten we natuurlijk al een tijdje en daar werd ook om gevraagd door de politiek. Maar de vraag was altijd: hoe? Daar is nu eindelijk het antwoord op: opeten”, zegt voorzitter van LTO Nederland Ger Koopmans. “Wat mij betreft starten we daar vandaag al mee. Het is namelijk heerlijk barbecueweer.”

Boer Erik schrok in eerste instantie van de gepresenteerde oplossing. “Wat blijft er hier straks over op het platteland als we al die koeien beginnen op te eten? Ik probeer mijn veestapel juist al jaren te verdubbelen.”

Toen hij even later hoorde hoe de hooivork in de steel zat, draaide hij bij. “Gooi die extra biefstuk, XXL-frikandel of welk ander stuntvlees dan ook vanmiddag nog in je boodschappenmandje, want alleen samen halveren we de veestapel. Voor nu.”

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The hackers that stole a large cache of data from Madison Square Garden called a low level employee and tricked them into letting the hackers into MSG’s systems, according to the hackers and 404 Media’s review of the stolen data.

The breach highlights the risk of social engineering over voice calls, sometimes called ‘vishing’. Whereas phishing, where hackers social engineer someone over email or send them a fake login page, has been common for decades, vishing has only become prevalent more recently, especially as young and native English speaking hackers have become a serious cybersecurity threat.

“Employee vishing on their Microsoft Entra,” a member of the hacking group behind the MSG breach, called ShinyHunters, told 404 Media when asked to explain how the group got in. Microsoft Entra is Microsoft’s identity management product, similar to Okta, which lets employees log into whatever tools or services they need to at work.

Last week 404 Media reported hackers had uploaded data stolen from MSG. A sample 404 Media reviewed at the time included files mentioning Knicks-related personalities, with fields such as “address,” “claim to fame,” and “cost of talent.” In some cases the data included a risk score for certain celebrities, with actor, director and Knicks fan Ben Stiller described as “Low Risk” and rapper Boogie with da Hoodie marked “High Risk.”

Since then 404 Media downloaded the full 45GB data dump and found the contents of a specific MSG employee’s OneDrive. It included work documents, photos, screenshots, and other attachments. A folder called “Personal,” contained the employee’s W-2 form, which included their name and other personal information. This indicated that the breach may have originated from this specific employee. 404 Media found a LinkedIn profile under the same name showing this person worked at MSG. 404 Media is not naming the employee for their privacy.

404 Media then asked a member of ShinyHunters how the group breached MSG. The member provided this employee’s name.

When 404 Media asked the ShinyHunters member to elaborate on how the group compromised MSG, they pointed to a May blog post from Microsoft, which they said was “about us.” That post described what Microsoft called a “methodical, sophisticated, and multi-layered attack.” It details another attack—the blog post was published May 18 and the ShinyHunters member said the MSG hack happened on June 5—but there are similarities.

The Microsoft blog post says hackers first targeted specific people to get their Microsoft Entra credentials. The hackers started the Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR) process, and then tricked users into completing the multifactor authentication prompts that appear legitimate, Microsoft said. “For example, the threat actor might impersonate an internal information technology (IT) support representative and contact the user claiming that their account requires urgent verification, instructing them to approve MFA prompts as part of a routine password reset procedure,” the blog post reads. 

Once in, the hackers can then pivot onto other apps or systems where data may be stored. In MSG’s case, the dump includes data taken from a SharePoint instance, Microsoft’s sharing and collaboration platform.

The ShinyHunters member didn’t elaborate beyond the blog post, but told 404 Media: “​​We called the employee and had them do the SSPR process,” referring specifically to the MSG hack. 

Law firm Morgan and Morgan has filed a class action lawsuit related to the breach, arguing MSG’s surveillance of visitors led to it. When asked if ShinyHunters targeted MSG because of the venue’s surveillance practices, the member said, “Yes we thought they would pay for that reason but they surprisingly did not.”

MSG did not respond to a request for comment.

404 Media reported this week the data dump contained a dossier on activists who had opposed MSG’s facial recognition program.