Paul Scott Anderson

They make some interesting points, but I don’t know if any of the people in Metabunk are actually experts on astronomical plate imaging from the 50s? That’s who would be most qualified to assess all this imo.

Unexpected patterns in historical astronomical observations - Stockholm University Researchers at Nordita at Stockholm University have analyzed flashes of light on astronomical plates from the early 1950s and found statistical connections between the times of these flashes, nuclear ...

Interesting! 2 new papers from Beatriz Villarroel et al now peer-reviewed and published in Scientific Reports and Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Unusual transient points of light near Earth seen in pre-Sputnik (early 1950s) astronomical plates. 🤔
www.su.se/english/news...

YouTube video by The Rock Orchestra The Rock Orchestra - Zombie (The Cranberries) Feat. Erin Fox

I love symphonic metal/rock music, but somehow missed The Rock Orchestra until now (which started in 2020)! A rotating collective of musicians combining classical, rock and metal music with gothic visuals. This cover of Zombie by The Cranberries, with Erin Fox, is amazing. 😲
youtu.be/6VyMZ976u4s?...

Me too, I like consistency. 😉

They did that too a while ago at the supermarket nearest me. No layout changes or anything, just where products were placed in different aisles. 🤷‍♂️🙄

Interesting article from @gilster.bsky.social at Centauri Dreams about how the newly discovered characteristics of the Wow! Signal could be consistent with power beaming (using electromagnetic beams to transmit power long-distance) instead of communication. 🤔

www.centauri-dreams.org/2025/09/22/b...

Had a dream last night that I was seeing live close-up video of 3I/ATLAS. It was a huge sphere with many little tubes or nozzles around its middle. They started emitting a lot of vapor or gas of some kind. And then a larger one shaped like a horn did the same thing. 🤷‍♂️😯

Interesting … 🤔
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Happy Birthday, @genejm1017.bsky.social! 🙂🎂🚀

Um, I thought the rapture was supposed to happen today … did I miss it? 😬😅

A Survey of the Kuiper Belt Hints at an Unseen Planet - Eos An analysis of more than 150 objects in the far reaches of the solar system suggests that a planet more massive than Mercury could be lurking beyond the orbit of Pluto.

Is there a rocky planet more massive than Mercury in the far outer solar system? 🤔
eos.org/articles/a-s...

NASA’s Tally of Planets Outside Our Solar System Reaches 6,000 - NASA The milestone highlights the accelerating rate of discoveries, just over three decades since the first exoplanets were found.

NASA has now cataloged more than 6,000 confirmed exoplanets! With over 8,000 additional candidates awaiting confirmation. And watch a new video about it from @earthskyscience.bsky.social! 🌌

www.nasa.gov/universe/exo...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm4w...

Mars Discovery Raises Compelling Questions: Life or Chemistry Results from NASA’s Perseverance rover presented this morning in a NASA press conference show the presence of organic molecules, unusual minerals, and strange textures inside Jezero’s ancient lakebed ...

Great article from Nathalie Cabrol (@bluedot721.bsky.social) about the discovery of possible signs of ancient microbial life on Mars. A good, balanced overview of the current evidence. 👍🦠

www.seti.org/news/mars-di...

In regards to the exciting but still-potential discovery of evidence for ancient microbial life on #Mars, if I have to choose between random internet “experts” and the nearly 90 scientists listed in the peer-reviewed paper, I’m going to go with the scientists actually involved.

Kind of sounds a lot like me! 😉

NASA Says Mars Rover Discovered Potential Biosignature Last Year - NASA A sample collected by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover from an ancient dry riverbed in Jezero Crater could preserve evidence of ancient microbial life. Taken

NASA's press release about the Sapphire Canyon sample obtained by the Perseverance rover in July 2024. It's the rock with the "leopard spots" and "poppy seeds" spots that *might* be evidence of ancient microbial life. The paper is now peer-reviewed. 🦠
www.nasa.gov/news-release...

I really didn’t like what Charlie Kirk stood for. BUT, murdering him was not the answer! He now has a grieving wife and young kids. There’s way too much violence as it is in this world. I see some cheering his death and MAGA declaring “war.” This madness has to end, but I know it probably won’t.

It’s certainly still possible that there’s an abiotic explanation, but the scientists involved said it’s less likely now with the results in the new (peer-reviewed) paper.

Interesting, thanks!

Could it be nitrogen without methane? Or would it need to be both?

The NASA Mars press briefing on Wednesday is about the same rock sampled in July 2024 with the “leopard spots” and “poppy seeds” markings on it. Those were identified as potential biosignatures, so the briefing on Wednesday will be an update on that apparently. 🤔😯

Exoplanet 40 light years from Earth may have right conditions for life The planet TRAPPIST-1e lies in its star’s Goldilocks zone, where water remains liquid – and an analysis suggests it might have a nitrogen-rich atmosphere like Earth’s

This article in New Scientist is good, too, with quotes from @distantworlds.space. So *maybe* a thin nitrogen atmosphere, like Earth has? 15 more transit observations planned for over the next year, to help figure it out. 😯

www.newscientist.com/article/2495...

I love these creatures, the blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii). 😊

I wish the people who think that the Webb space telescope images of #31/ATLAS are fake or intentionally made low resolution would take the time to find out how the telescope actually works, what cameras are used, its primary purposes, etc. Ugh. 😒🤦‍♂️

I’m wondering how rare it is for a comet to have nickel but no iron. How does that happen?

A 2821 Star Optical SETI Survey using ESO HARPS archival data We examined archived observations of 2,821 stars taken by the high-resolution ESO HARPS spectrograph to search for potential narrow-band laser emissions from extraterrestrial sources. From one observa...

New #SETI paper using ESO HARPS data to search for possible laser emissions. 🤔

“This leaves 3 final candidates which currently defy the prosaic explanations examined thus far, show no indication of a terrestrial origin and therefore warrant further investigation.”

arxiv.org/abs/2508.08628

NASA’s Psyche Captures Images of Earth, Moon Headed for a metal-rich asteroid of the same name, the Psyche spacecraft successfully calibrated its cameras by looking homeward.

Psyche spacecraft sees Earth and the moon from afar! 🌎🌕🛰️

New moon discovered orbiting inside distant Uranus’ rings

Uranus now has 29 known moons!
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NASA: Ceres May Have Had Long-Standing Energy to Fuel Habitability The dwarf planet is cold now, but new research paints a picture of Ceres hosting a deep, long-lived energy source that may have maintained habitable conditions in the past.

"The finding supports theories that this intriguing dwarf planet, which is the largest body in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, may have once had conditions suitable to support single-celled lifeforms." 🦠

www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-ce...

This is an interesting art piece in Coal Harbour, on the edge of downtown here in Vancouver, called Aerodynamic Forms in Space. 🚀✈️