Kol Tregaskes(@koltregaskes):Astronomers did not ask for this work to be done. Astronomers have a specific idea about what constitutes progress, shaped by proposal cycles, queue time, and other disciplinary norms. We do not agree that an outsider and Claude identifying a 3.18 day dip in public TESS data moves the needle on our discipline, and we ask the public not to call a dip a planet until we stamp it as such. 😜

2026.10.08 15:52

Astronomers did not ask for this work to be done. Astronomers have a specific idea about what constitutes progress, shaped by proposal cycles, queue time, and other disciplinary norms. We do not agree that an outsider and Claude identifying a 3.18 day dip in public TESS data moves the needle on our discipline, and we ask the public not to call a dip a planet until we stamp it as such. 😜

Pavel Rabtsevich@p_rabtsevich

2026.10.07 12:02

I think I found a planet nobody knew existed. It's been hiding in NASA telescope data for seven years. At the end of this thread, you can fly to it yourself.

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