Article summary is incorrectly attributed to "Scientists working at [NIST]." Out of the 12 authors of the report, only a single author [Gerber, author no. 4] is affiliated with NIST, which issued the press release. The first author of the report is William Sparks, who is based at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore (3 authors). The remaining authors are based at

* Center for Astrophysics Research (University of Hertfordshire) (2 authors),
* Department of Astronomy (University of Maryland),
* Center of Marine Biotechnology (University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute) (4 authors),
* Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope.

Nicely explicated!