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We're the astronomers at the University of South Florida in the Department of Physics.
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🔹 Researchers have shared preliminary but tantalizing results after a detailed analysis of James Webb Space Telescope archival data: a small sample of tiny galaxies that don’t fit in existing categories: go.nasa.gov/49psHPL

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James Webb Space Telescope image showing a broad area of space with thousands of small galaxies, four of which are highlighted in pull-out boxes. The four highlighted galaxies are very small, appearing as points of light. The image isn’t continuous. Black areas of the overall image indicate where the telescope did not collect data: a vertical section in the center and a square in the lower left corner.
January 7, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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The Hubble tension can’t believe it didn’t make this list.
January 1, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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Here astrophysicist Jason Wright does an excellent job explaining why Avi is wrong:
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sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...
Loeb’s 3I/ATLAS “Anomalies” Explained
Avi Loeb continues to claim that 3I/ATLAS has many anomalous behaviors that lead to the conclusion that it “might” be an alien spacecraft.  He carefully hedges the probability that it is a spacecraft ...
sites.psu.edu
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Those fall under things collide with Earth!
September 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM