Good story, although I thought an A380 pilot would take exception to being labelled as "flying jumbo jets..."
There are numerous times I see dodgy reporting of medical stories, and I'm sure you've see lots of misreporting in relation to aviation. Their lack of attention to detail in these astronomy related stories is just another example of their inability to cope with anything technical. I'm not sure if they're trying (unsuccessfully) to dumb things down for the average punter, or just don't care?
DT