Rethinking Palomar Transients: A Critical Response to Avi Loe’s Medium Piece on Cosmic Rays, Morphology, and Editorial Ethics
To the point
A vocal critic challenges Avi Loe’s Medium piece about social-media science by saying Loe ignored important data from Beatatrice Villa and Vasco about the shapes of Palomar transient images, argues the cosmic-ray explanation is wrong because the objects are round and look like telescope optics rather than particle tracks, notes Evo Busco’s independent check on Hamburg Observatory plates that also point to optics rather than emulsion artifacts, condemns edits made quietly by a government-affiliated scientist without attribution, and calls for engaging with the data and researchers instead of clinging to simple guesses.
