Dear everyone, Some new and very exciting news from the VASCO team! First, our machine-learning paper has been accepted for publication following peer review and is now in press. In this paper, we used machine learning to address some of the criticism concerning plate defects and remove contaminants from the sample. We demonstrate that all the intriguing correlations become even stronger as the sample becomes cleaner. More on this once the final version is published. Second, we have two new p...

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2604.04950 Dr Villarroel's Response: The mystery deepens. An independent researcher has uncovered an unexpected anticorrelation between VASCO transient detections and geomagnetic storm activity. This finding seriously challenges explanations based on cosmic rays or plate defects, even without considering the deficit of transients in Earth’s shadow. I’m grateful to independent researchers who have the courage and integrity to examine this topic seriously and in good faith...