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Water-Rich Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS, First Spotted July 1, Captured by Hubble; NASA and JWST Reveal Jupiter’s Storms and Saturn’s Tiger Stripe Fissures

9 months ago

Hubble and JWST Capture Infrared Horsehead Nebula, NGC 1482 at 87M Light-Years, Veil Nebula Structures, Sombrero Galaxy, and New 'Punctum' Object

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Hubble and JWST Capture Infrared Horsehead Nebula, NGC 1482 at 87M Light-Years, Veil Nebula Structures, Sombrero Galaxy, and New 'Punctum' Object

9 months ago

What will my beliefs about unsolved mysteries be in 2045?

Mar 16, 11:45 PMJan 2, 4:59 AM

145758

OptionProbability

The existence of Dark Matter explains the anomaly in galaxy rotation curves (85%)

COVID-19 was natural in origin (80%).

The Lost Colony of Roanoke colonists have living decedents (55%)

The Mar Saba letter discovered by Morton Smith and containing excerpts from the "Secret Gospel of Mark" is a modern forgery (25%)

D.B. Cooper survived his parachute jump and escaped (30%)

The Hubble Tension can be resolved without new physics or changes to cosmological models (55%)

JonBenét Ramsey was killed by a member of her family (10%)

Lizzie Borden killed her parents (10%)

Aaron Kosminski was Jack the Ripper (35%)

The Voynich manuscript is a meaningful text (15%)

How will the Hubble Tension ("crisis in cosmology") be resolved?

Mar 3, 7:43 AMJan 2, 4:59 AM

504345

OptionProbability

Current Cosmic Ladder estimates are wrong

Current Cosmic Microwave Background estimates are wrong

Both are wrong

Will there be a Hubble reboost mission?

Feb 24, 3:34 PMJan 2, 4:59 AM

52.7%chance

403040

OptionVotes

YES

1036

942

Will Elon Musk establish a singleton over the known universe?

Sep 25, 7:43 PMJan 1, 7:59 AM

2.78%chance

112081

OptionVotes

YES

1693

924

In what year will NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launch?

Jan 7, 11:39 PMJan 1, 4:59 AM

171851

OptionProbability

2026

2027

2028

2029

Other

2024

2025

When will Hubble tension be resolved?

Feb 3, 10:38 AMJan 2, 10:59 PM

311217

OptionProbability

In 2030 or earlier

In 2029 or earlier

In 2028 or earlier

In 2027 or earlier

In 2026 or earlier

In 2024

In 2025 or earlier

Will NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launch in 2027?

Oct 16, 3:18 AMJan 1, 4:59 AM

75%chance

13830

OptionVotes

YES

301

Will the Lazuli telescope see first light before 2030?

Jan 8, 7:39 PMDec 31, 7:00 PM

44.83%chance

7696

OptionVotes

YES

1109

901

What explains the Hubble Tension

Jan 19, 3:13 PMJan 19, 3:06 PM

9494

OptionProbability

Evolving dark energy with time-dependent properties

Relativistic backreaction / timescape cosmology (breakdown of global FLRW averaging)

Systematic errors in distance measurement techniques

Early dark energy in the early universe

Local cosmic void (KBC void) around the Milky Way

Measurement errors in CMB calibration

Interactions between dark matter and dark energy

New relativistic particles in early universe

Rotating universe model

Vacuum phase transition in early universe

Modified gravity theory (MOND/Milgromian dynamics)

Non-zero spatial curvature of the universe

Big Mysteries in Physics Survey - Hubble Tension

Aug 6, 3:17 AMJan 1, 3:44 AM

4110

OptionProbability

Systematic errors in supernova data

No opinion

Early dark energy (i.e., a change in the dark energy between epochs)

Systematic errors in CMB/galaxy-survey data

Modified or quantum gravity

Other

Other new particles or fields

Do we live in a Local Hole?

Jan 21, 2:12 AMJan 1, 2:05 AM

50%chance

1100

OptionVotes

YES

100

Will the estimated lower bound of the Hubble constant include values under 65 (km/s)/Mpc by EOY2033?

Nov 14, 5:07 PMJan 1, 7:59 AM

47.56%chance

OptionVotes

YES

105

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When will Hubble tension be resolved?

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Will the estimated lower bound of the Hubble constant include values under 65 (km/s)/Mpc by EOY2033?

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