astronomy

Open journal question regarding Cosmology paper

So, if an academic paper is published in an open journal by an average citizen with an obsession for learning from online sources. So, there are no credentials but a decent work history. A prestigious college downloads the paper. What are the possible reasons?

1.5TB of James Webb Space Telescope data dumped on the internet — new searchable database is the largest window into our universe to date (www.tomshardware.com)

“Ursa Major” sounds like a Jamaican DJ…

“Put ya claddin hands toge’dah for de one, de only… Ursa Maajaahh…brrrrrr!!!”...

Dark energy: mysterious cosmic force appears to be weakening, say scientists (www.theguardian.com)

Friday Night Stargazing 2025-03-07

I’ve got clear skies where I’m at, and I’m ready to try and cross some things off my observation list....

AI Unlocks Hundreds of Cosmic Anomalies in Hubble Archive (science.nasa.gov) angielski

Boiling oceans may lurk beneath the ice of solar system's smallest moons (phys.org) angielski

The outer planets of the solar system are swarmed by ice-wrapped moons. Some of these, such as Saturn’s moon Enceladus, are known to have oceans of liquid water between the ice shell and the rocky core and could be the best places in our solar system to look for extraterrestrial life. A new study published Nov. 24 in Nature...

Webb discovers rapidly growing black hole in the very early universe - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com) angielski

The 12th Anomaly of 3I/ATLAS: Orientation of the Jets is Not Smeared by Rotation (avi-loeb.medium.com)

A black hole ripped apart a supernova (www.popsci.com)

NASA's been pulling out of major astronomy meetings — and scientists are feeling the effects (www.space.com)

The Cosmic Owl: Astronomers discover a peculiar galaxy merger (phys.org)

[Eric Berger] Tuesday Telescope: A rare glimpse of one of the smallest known moons (arstechnica.com) angielski

For the first time, astronomers watch a black hole 'wake up' in real-time (www.popsci.com)

Curiosity Mars rover discovers largest organic molecules ever seen on Red Planet (www.space.com) angielski

Crew arrives at International Space Station to replace astronauts stranded for 9 months (news.sky.com) angielski

Juno reveals dozens of lava lakes on Jupiter’s moon Io (www.sciencenews.org)

NASA rover discovers liquid water 'ripples' carved into Mars rock — and it could rewrite the Red Planet's history (www.livescience.com) angielski

Euclid discovers a stunning Einstein ring (www.esa.int) angielski

Astronomers discover fastest-ever spinning asteroid — over half a kilometer wide — using the world's largest digital camera stationed at the Rubin Observatory (www6.slac.stanford.edu) angielski

Simeis 147: The Spaghetti Nebula Supernova Remnant angielski

The Red Rectangle Nebula from Hubble angielski

TESS finds three Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting binary stars - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com) angielski

XRISM observes windy neutron star, Chandra studies a luminous quasar - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com) angielski

LIGO, facing threats of closure, more than doubles its black hole haul (bigthink.com) angielski