Really good question.
We can start with:
Thursday, July 24, 2025
I smell a big big rat...3I/Atlas few misc things...5 articles...
'(This object was
initially assumed
to be an asteroid and then
within a day
of it's confirmation
that was changed
and NASA said it is
most likely a comet.)
NASA confirms that mysterious object shooting through the solar system
is an 'interstellar visitor' — and it has a new name
Livescience 7/03/25
"News of the extrasolar entity,
initially dubbed A11pl3Z,
broke on Tuesday (July 1),
when NASA and the International Astronomical Union (IAU)
both listed it as a confirmed object."
"On Wednesday (July 2), NASA released a statement confirming that A11pl3Z is indeed an interstellar object and will not remain in the solar system for long. The researchers also shared the object's new official name, 3I/ATLAS, and revealed that it is most likely a comet, upending previous assumptions that it was an asteroid."
(How does the news of this object "break"
before NASA confirms it?
Unless it was already
previously known to exist?
And in just a day?
From July 1st to July 2nd?
From news "breaking"
about this object
till NASA confirmed it
a day later,
it was changed from
"previous assumptions"
about being an asteroid,
to NASA saying it was
"most likely" a comet.
Why do you think that is?"
From there we can move on to:
Friday, July 25, 2025
"I'm just getting warmed up!" 3I/ATLAS
the largest interstellar object ever seen —
new photos from Vera C. Rubin Observatory reveal
livescience07/24/25
"Detailed photos from the newly operational Vera C. Rubin Observatory have revealed that the recently discovered interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is roughly 7 miles wide, making it the largest of its kind ever seen."
"The detailed images, which were captured before the extrasolar entity was officially discovered, highlight the immense power of the record-breaking telescope and demonstrate how valuable it will be for finding future interstellar interlopers, researchers say."
(Oh you mean back before the
"previous assumptions were upended"
about it being an asteroid?
Interesting.)
"But in a new study, uploaded July 17 to the preprint server arXiv, a group of more than 200 researchers was able to find images of the comet in Vera C. Rubin's extensive early data set, revealing the nucleus's likely size."
"The images, which were snapped on June 21, suggest that the comet's nucleus has a likely radius of around 3.5 miles — or a diameter of about 7 miles — with a margin of error equal to around 0.4 mile (0.7 km)."
(So how did the 200 researchers find out about:
"images of the comet in Vera C. Rubin's
extensive early data set"
And if that paper was uploaded on July 17th?
Then why are we just hearing about it now?
Usually as soon as something gets posted on those preprint servers
by these types? They are blabbing about it immediately
all over the place, on podcast, issuing press releases, social media platforms etc.
"Not so this time Bob.
I think we should wait a week or so
till we tell everybody what we found out."
"Sounds good Jim.")
So those right there are pretty good reasons to believe a lot more was known about it before it was officially confirmed by NASA to be an Interstellar visitor.
I want to get into something else today
and this is from:
Thursday, July 24, 2025
First things first. I smell a big big rat pt 2,
3I/Atlas few misc. things, two articles
Vera C Rubin Observatory reveals
1st stunning images of the cosmos.
Scientists are 'beyond excited about what's coming'
Space.com June 23, 2025
"These observations are important because they are the earliest ones done by a high power telescope. Rubin’s 8.4m Simoyi Survey Telescope and 3.2-gigapixel Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) combined to capture the highest resolution images of the comet released to date. Since the images were captured before full commissioning, the data they represented had to be run through customer data pipelines rather than the standard automated ones that will handle the terabytes of data normally created by Rubin every night."
(From the get go
something about that:
"run through
"Customer Data Pipelines"
just never did sit well with me.
Different article but from the same blog post as above
Jalopnik 07/18/25
"Its ten-year mission is called the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), so no shortage of ambition, then. In that time, the observatory is hoping to gather data about the universe. A lot of data. As in, about 20 terabytes per night, ending up somewhere in the neighborhood of about 500 petabytes, or more data than humanity has ever written down, in any language, anywhere, ever. The hope is that by the end of its first year of operation, it will have gathered more space data than all other optical observatories, ever, combined."
(Thats kinda the bouncing ball we are following today:
"the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST)"
to see what we can find out about it,
who is behind it etc.)
"The LSST plans to take a thousand pictures of the Southern sky every night, mapping the full thing about every three to four days. That will eventually give science the greatest time-lapse night photography ever done, at a level of detail that defies belief. For instance, in all of history humanity has discovered around one million asteroids and comets, and it took every single astronomer looking through every single telescope to do that. By the end of its ten-year LSST mission, the hope is that Rubin will have found a further four million."
Another Different article from the same blog post as above:
Vera C Rubin Observatory reveals 1st stunning images
of the cosmos. Scientists are 'beyond excited about what's coming'
Space.com 6/23/25
"Bonito added that the astrophysics that can be done with Rubin is extremely diversified: a single observation campaign will allow us to respond to very broad scientific themes, which concern our galaxy but also dark matter, our solar system, and even the most unpredictable phenomena that occur in the sky."
( Sara (Rosaria) Bonito of the Board of Directors
of the LSST Discovery Alliance
of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory."
So what is all this
"LSST/ LSST Discovery Alliance anyway?"
Well?
Lets have a look:
https://lsstdiscoveryalliance.org/
"Realizing the full promise of discovery
A New Era of Data-Intensive Science
"The LSST Discovery Alliance is a non-profit organization that unites a diverse global network of scientists to realize the full promise of discovery with the NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). Through cross-disciplinary innovation, training, and collaborative networks, we enhance the scientific output and broaden the reach of the unprecedented LSST initiative, transforming humankind’s understanding of the Universe and offering a model for data-intensive discovery that can be applied to other scientific research domains.'
(Alright, so what else ya got for us?
https://lsstdiscoveryalliance.org/about/
"About LSST Discovery Alliance
The LSST Discovery Alliance (LSST-DA)
aims to maximize the scientific and societal impact
of Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST).
We deliver programs, resources,
and funding to help researchers
analyze and draw meaning from
this vast stream of rich, complex data."
"We are an independent nonprofit supported by:
member institution dues,
grants from foundations,
and donations from
corporations
and private donors.
(By now? And I know my brain works a lil different from most, but I got alarm bells going off left and right about who is funding this program and what % is from:
institution dues,
what % is from grants from foundations,
what % is from donations from corporations,
and what % is from:
PRIVATE DONORS.
Why not give us the breakdown by percentage for each of those?
I know which one I am going with
as being the biggest source of their funding and it aint:
"member institution dues,
grants from foundations,
and donations from corporations"
You have to keep in mind
the age in which we are living in.
We are not experiencing everything
that we are currently experiencing,
independent of the age
in which we are experienceing it.
Monday, July 28, 2025
Futurism 07/23/25
"Basically, as Duran tells it,
we're quickly marching
into the dictatorship
erected by a handful
of the richest tycoons
in the history of humankind."
(Only Trump aint the dictator.
But thats besides the point,
the point is
"the richest tycoons in the history of humankind"
are here among us right now.
So who are you thinking
is responsible for
most of the funding of
the LSST Discovery Alliance?
member institution dues?
grants from foundations?
donations from corporations?
or private donors?
Cause personally?
I dont think its to hard to figure out.)
"Our bold programs
(But they got lucky pointing the thing in the sky during Vera C Rubin's initial scientific validation and just happened to catch 3I/ATLAS right? They got lucky cause they have "Bold Programs"?)
"deliver interdisciplinary resources
and inclusive collaboration
to ACCELERATE
transformative
scientific breakthroughs.
(Oh boy...so again, they are all about:
"ACCELERATEING transformative
scientific breakthroughs"
By they got lucky, right out of the box? Pointing the thing in the sky during the initial Scientific Validation? Who do they think they are kidding? Cause it sure aint me.
NOW TO
THE WHOLE HEART
OF THE MATTER:
"ACCELERATE
transformative
scientific breakthroughs"
Accelerate is an AI buzzword.
They might as well came out and told you
"AI is running this show."
"We leverage our deep connections across the Rubin LSST ecosystem to enable scientific discoveries that no single individual or institution could do alone."
(Okay so
what else they got for us?
"Our Role
Now renamed LSST Discovery Alliance (LSST-DA),
our organization
has a well-established role
in the Rubin LSST ecosystem—
supporting the Rubin LSST
science community
through private funding
and programs that complement NSF’s and DOE’s federal investment in the construction and operations of LSST. We are organizationally distinct from the Rubin Observatory teams that are constructing and will operate the Rubin Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST)."
(Hillbilly translation?
"But since we are the ones
providing the funding
from private donors?
We will get
first dibs on the data."
And It's only gonna get worse:
07/25/25
Friday, July 25, 2025
"I'm just getting warmed up!" 3I/ATLAS
"They knew where to point the instrument used at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, or are you gonna bet your life on a 1 in 33 chance and hit the jackpot the very first time? They knew what it was BEFORE NASA confirmed it as an interstellar visitor and said "It is most likely a comet" "upending PREVIOUS assumptions" and now we know, they knew how big it was as well."
AND NOW YOU KNOW
HOW THEY KNEW ALL OF THAT
AI.
One more point.
Home | About LSST Discovery Alliance |
Our Staff and Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Adam Bolton, SLAC/Stanford University
Rosaria (Sara) Bonito, Insituto Nazionale di AstroFisica (INAF)
James Davenport, University of Washington
Larry Gladney, Yale University
Jenny Greene, Princeton University
Buell Jannuzi, University of Arizona
Kathryn Johnston, Columbia University
Jeremy Kubica, Director of Engineering for the LINCC Frameworks team
Pat McCarthy, NOIRLab
Gautham Narayan (acting board member), University of Illinois
Markus Rabus, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción (UCSC)
Risa Wechsler, Stanford University
Michael Wood-Vasey, University of Pittsburg
Officers
Michael Wood-Vasey, Chair
Kathryn Johnston, Vice Chair
Daniel Calabrese, Corporate Secretary
Larry Gladney, Treasurer
Beth Willman, Chief Executive Officer
Staff
Beth Willman, Chief Executive Officer
Elizabeth Heile, Director of Finance and Administration
Amanda Preston, Director of Strategic Engagement and Philanthropy
Jennifer (Jeno) Sokoloski, Chief Scientist
Susan Boatwright, Finance and Administration Coordinator
Andrew Sturner, Program Manager
Thu Nguyen, Exe
I have been closely following this subject area
for 12 years or more now.
and I have never heard
OF ANY
of those people listed.
Not a one of em.
Not saying it means anything,
other than I just find it a lil odd.
I would think,
I would have heard
of at least one of em.
Likewise with the preprint paper
about the size of 3I/ATLAS. 200 researchers combing through "pre-discovery" pictures of 3I/ATLAS to determine its size.
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Observations of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1)
07/17/25
Colin Orion Chandler, Pedro H. Bernardinelli, Mario Jurić, Devanshi Singh, Henry H. Hsieh, Ian Sullivan, R. Lynne Jones, Jacob A. Kurlander, Dmitrii Vavilov, Siegfried Eggl, Matthew Holman, Federica Spoto, Megan E. Schwamb, Eric J. Christensen, Wilson Beebe, Aaron Roodman, Kian-Tat Lim, Tim Jenness, James Bosch, Brianna Smart, Eric Bellm, Sean MacBride, Meredith L. Rawls, Sarah Greenstreet, Colin Slater, Aren Heinze, Željko Ivezić, Bob Blum, Andrew Connolly, Gregory Daues, Rahil Makadia, Michelle Gower, J. Bryce Kalmbach, David Monet, Michele T. Bannister, Luke Dones, Rosemary C. Dorsey, Wesley C. Fraser, John C. Forbes, Cesar Fuentes, Carrie E. Holt, Laura Inno, Geraint H. Jones, Matthew M. Knight, Chris J. Lintott, Tim Lister, Robert Lupton, Mark Jesus Mendoza Magbanua, Renu Malhotra, Beatrice E. A. Mueller, Joseph Murtagh, Nitya Pandey, William T. Reach, Nalin H. Samarasinha, Darryl Z. Seligman, Colin Snodgrass, Michael Solontoi, Gyula M. Szabó, Ellie White, Maria Womack, Leslie A. Young, Russ Allbery, Roberto Armellin, Éric Aubourg, Chrysa Avdellidou, Farrukh Azfar, James Bauer, Keith Bechtol, Matthew Belyakov, Susan D. Benecchi, Ivano Bertini, Bryce T. Bolin, vMaitrayee Bose, Laura E. Buchanan, Alexandre Boucaud, Rodrigo C. Boufleur, Dominique Boutigny, Felipe Braga-Ribas, Daniel Calabrese, J. I. B. Camargo, Neven Caplar, Benoit Carry, Juan Pablo Carvajal, Yumi Choi, Preeti Cowan, Steve Croft, Matija Ćuk, Felipe Daruich, Guillaume Daubard, James R. A. Davenport, Tansu Daylan, Jennifer Delgado, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Peter E. Doherty, Abbie Donaldson, Holger Drass, Stephanie JH Deppe, Gregory P. Dubois-Felsmann, Frossie Economou, Marielle R. Eduardo et al. (112 additional authors not shown)
Havent ever heard
of a one of em.
EVER.
It just seems more than a lil odd.
Below is a list of blog post to date
concerning 3I/ATLAS
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Joel 2:30-32 pt2 (Not for the faint of heart BTW)
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Friday, July 11, 2025
3I/ATLAS, "More Yet!"
Saturday, July 12, 2025
Opps, sorry about that and 3I/ATLAS, "More Yet!
Friday, July 18, 2025
3I/ATLAS, (obviously a continuing series, Gizmodo, bias in reporting, etc...)
Friday, July 18, 2025
3I/ATLAS, (obviously a continuing series, Scientific American, etc...)
Sunday, July 20, 2025
Thursday, July 24, 2025
I smell a big big rat...3I/Atlas few misc things...5 articles...
Thursday, July 24, 2025
First things first. I smell a big big rat pt 2, 3I/Atlas few misc. things, two articles
Friday, July 25, 2025
Friday, July 25, 2025
Just gonna beat it to death (3I/ATLAS)
Friday, July 25, 2025
"I'm just getting warmed up!" 3I/ATLAS
Monday, July 28, 2025
3I/ATLAS no real new news but some other interesting tidbits
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Gravitational Assist, Mountian, 3I/ATLAS, something else to consider etc
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
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