At https://phys.org/news/2025-06-discovery-giant-planet-orbiting-tiny.html … something else contradicting mainstream thinking. A giant planet found orbiting a tiny sun. It is challenging to say the least as it contradicts the consensus view of planet formation.
At https://phys.org/news/2025-06-newly-cosmic-himalayas-quasar-cluster.html … is another post on the recently discovered cluster of quasars.
This too is perplexing for mainstream as quasars are powered by large amounts of matter falling into supermassive black holes at the centre of galaxies. Collisions and mergers between galaxies can kick start quasar activity as they feed additonal matter into the centre of galaxies. This is where the black holes are thought to lurk. It seems the discovery of eleven quasars in an area of space where you would expect a single quasar is again a contradiction of the black hole theory. Will they have to redefine quasars as a cluster of five was observed not so long ago.
An interesting post at https://spaceweather.com on the 4th June [2025]. A severe solar storm on June 1st did not result in an increase in radiation. It created a decrease in radiation. This is known as a Forbush Decrease. It happens when a CME sweeps past the Earth and pushes cosmic rays past our planet, moving them into further space.
At https://phys.org/news/2025-06-astronomers-lost-star.html … another interesting piece to read. The lost star of AD 1408, as recorded by Chinese sky watchers. In order to allay the emperor the star was downplayed, it is thought, as the mandate of heaven was a real imperial fear. A giant star, or a temporary bright object, as recorded in 1408, can normally be interpreted as a comet, or the result of an eclipse, or conjunction. That is the standard western interpretation. Not so modern Chinese scholars. They have gone into it more deeply. The Ming dynsty records of 1408 describe it as stationary and yellow in colour. Visible over 10 days. They think it was probably a stellar transient rather than a comet – a nova event. There is of course a precedent here as Polynesian throne names incorporate similar prodigies in the sky in the chief’s first year, or in the year leading up to his elevation. Novas are thought to feature in that process.