#cosmicdawn — Public Fediverse posts

I love album art you can hear, and fittingly, Coffin Hunters’ Cosmic Dawn churns with a groovy, psychedelic fusion of hard rock and heavy metal that spills off the cover. Plus, how can I resist a sassy reaper rooted in a strawberry-lemonade backdrop featuring a gateway to an alternate dimension? Cosmic Dawn is Coffin Hunters’ third album in under a decade, and on their previous LPs the Los Angeles foursome dispensed reliable earworms with a rockin’ retro swagger. On Cosmic Dawn, the crew adds a healthy dollop of synth into their formula and dips their toes into acid rock waters. With a new twist on Coffin Hunters’ recipe, is this the Cosmic Dawn of a triumphant new era?

While it’s clear that influences play a pivotal role in Coffin Hunters’ sound, it’s just as clear that the band works to establish an identity all their own. Debut The Fire Knight leaned heavily into throwback, traditional heavy metal and saw Coffin Hunters embracing bass-forward boogies and monster grooves that conjure the likes of Saxon, Jag Panzer, and Iron Maiden. Follow-up Wake the Dead shed the raw edges of The Fire Knight and adopted slicker riffs and a more polished production, even adding touches of southern flair recalling Molly Hatchet and some punchy bassmanship that reminds me of Mike Dirnt’s 90s Green Day contributions. On Cosmic Dawn, Coffin Hunters push their boundaries even further, fusing the synth stylings of The Doors and Uriah Heep into their collective personality and capping it with Floydian psychedelia. The sum total is an intriguing melting pot that incorporates seemingly disparate ingredients into a surprisingly cohesive dish.

Over the last decade, Coffin Hunters has retained their core contributors while exploring ever-expanding shades of hard rock and heavy metal. Other than replacing original drummer Jorge Guzman in 2020 with Brennan Kunkel, Coffin Hunters boasts remarkable lineup stability, and you can hear the effortless give and take during their well-crafted arrangements. Guitarist Eric Harriman’s fuzzy crunch strums and swirls around Brian Crites’ bass, which punctuates compositions with often understated yet always alluring performances, particularly on “Skeleton Key” and the title track. Keyboards round out Cosmic Dawn’s instrumentation, making an indelible mark as they imbue each song with hooks embedded so deeply and central to the album’s character (“Isle of the Dead”) that I marvel how Coffin Hunters wrote two albums without them. Vocalist Sean Rivera delivers a solid performance as well, guiding listeners through the album’s eight tracks with his steady croon.

Although Coffin Hunters nails most songwriting elements on Cosmic Dawn, evaluating the album in its entirety reveals a few cracks. Foremost is the lack of songwriting dynamics, as pacing and tempo consistency keep Cosmic Dawn’s forty-three minutes within too narrow a band and inhibit Coffin Hunters’ adventurousness. To be fair, “Last Nail in the Coffin” supplies an early downshift in pacing; however, it’s not enough to combat the uniformity that permeates the rest of the album. Even though most songs radiate head-bobbing energy on their own, strung together they too easily pass by in a pleasantly tame blur. Injecting a show-stopping moment or two that stretches the even-keeled energy into peaks and valleys would go a long way towards reinforcing Cosmic Dawn’s impact. Also, while Rivera’s vocals serve the music well enough, they tend to be a bit one-note and lack the bite of earlier albums. Exploring other styles, resurrecting The Fire Knight’s vocal grit, or bringing in a guest vocalist for a song or two would further aid Coffin Hunters in tackling Cosmic Dawn’s homogeneity.

In the end, Coffin Hunters winningly conjures the echoes of earlier generations. Their commitment to bringing the past into the present reminds me of what I love about Lynx’s Trinity of Suns and, to a lesser extent, Chalice and Owl’s releases from earlier this year. Unfortunately, Cosmic Dawn sticks too closely to its core sound over its runtime, leeching memorability through the back half. Even so, Coffin Hunters wholehearted embrace of keyboards is cause for celebration, as they add delightfully retro textures and cement a gnarly identity for the band. With a stronger emphasis on songwriting and performance diversity their next time around, Coffin Hunters might just strike gold.

Rating: Good
DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Bitter End Records
Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram
Releases Worldwide: July 17th, 2026

I love album art you can hear, and fittingly, Coffin Hunters’ Cosmic Dawn churns with a groovy, psychedelic fusion of hard rock and heavy metal that spills off the cover. Plus, how can I resist a sassy reaper rooted in a strawberry-lemonade backdrop featuring a gateway to an alternate dimension? Cosmic Dawn is Coffin Hunters’ third album in under a decade, and on their previous LPs the Los Angeles foursome dispensed reliable earworms with a rockin’ retro swagger. On Cosmic Dawn, the crew adds a healthy dollop of synth into their formula and dips their toes into acid rock waters. With a new twist on Coffin Hunters’ recipe, is this the Cosmic Dawn of a triumphant new era?

While it’s clear that influences play a pivotal role in Coffin Hunters’ sound, it’s just as clear that the band works to establish an identity all their own. Debut The Fire Knight leaned heavily into throwback, traditional heavy metal and saw Coffin Hunters embracing bass-forward boogies and monster grooves that conjure the likes of Saxon, Jag Panzer, and Iron Maiden. Follow-up Wake the Dead shed the raw edges of The Fire Knight and adopted slicker riffs and a more polished production, even adding touches of southern flair recalling Molly Hatchet and some punchy bassmanship that reminds me of Mike Dirnt’s 90s Green Day contributions. On Cosmic Dawn, Coffin Hunters push their boundaries even further, fusing the synth stylings of The Doors and Uriah Heep into their collective personality and capping it with Floydian psychedelia. The sum total is an intriguing melting pot that incorporates seemingly disparate ingredients into a surprisingly cohesive dish.

Over the last decade, Coffin Hunters has retained their core contributors while exploring ever-expanding shades of hard rock and heavy metal. Other than replacing original drummer Jorge Guzman in 2020 with Brennan Kunkel, Coffin Hunters boasts remarkable lineup stability, and you can hear the effortless give and take during their well-crafted arrangements. Guitarist Eric Harriman’s fuzzy crunch strums and swirls around Brian Crites’ bass, which punctuates compositions with often understated yet always alluring performances, particularly on “Skeleton Key” and the title track. Keyboards round out Cosmic Dawn’s instrumentation, making an indelible mark as they imbue each song with hooks embedded so deeply and central to the album’s character (“Isle of the Dead”) that I marvel how Coffin Hunters wrote two albums without them. Vocalist Sean Rivera delivers a solid performance as well, guiding listeners through the album’s eight tracks with his steady croon.

Although Coffin Hunters nails most songwriting elements on Cosmic Dawn, evaluating the album in its entirety reveals a few cracks. Foremost is the lack of songwriting dynamics, as pacing and tempo consistency keep Cosmic Dawn’s forty-three minutes within too narrow a band and inhibit Coffin Hunters’ adventurousness. To be fair, “Last Nail in the Coffin” supplies an early downshift in pacing; however, it’s not enough to combat the uniformity that permeates the rest of the album. Even though most songs radiate head-bobbing energy on their own, strung together they too easily pass by in a pleasantly tame blur. Injecting a show-stopping moment or two that stretches the even-keeled energy into peaks and valleys would go a long way towards reinforcing Cosmic Dawn’s impact. Also, while Rivera’s vocals serve the music well enough, they tend to be a bit one-note and lack the bite of earlier albums. Exploring other styles, resurrecting The Fire Knight’s vocal grit, or bringing in a guest vocalist for a song or two would further aid Coffin Hunters in tackling Cosmic Dawn’s homogeneity.

In the end, Coffin Hunters winningly conjures the echoes of earlier generations. Their commitment to bringing the past into the present reminds me of what I love about Lynx’s Trinity of Suns and, to a lesser extent, Chalice and Owl’s releases from earlier this year. Unfortunately, Cosmic Dawn sticks too closely to its core sound over its runtime, leeching memorability through the back half. Even so, Coffin Hunters wholehearted embrace of keyboards is cause for celebration, as they add delightfully retro textures and cement a gnarly identity for the band. With a stronger emphasis on songwriting and performance diversity their next time around, Coffin Hunters might just strike gold.

Rating: Good
DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Bitter End Records
Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram
Releases Worldwide: July 17th, 2026

Weekly Update from the Open Journal of Astrophysics 20/06/2026

It’s Saturday again so it’s time for another update of activity at the Open Journal of Astrophysics. Since the last update we have published a further three papers, bringing the number in Volume 9 (2026) to 126 and the total so far published by OJAp up to 574.

I will continue to include the posts made on our Mastodon account (on Fediscience); these announcements also show the DOI for each paper.

The first paper to report this week, published on Monday 15th June, is “SN 2025adpq: A Type Ia supernova in a collisional ring formed during a major galaxy merger” by Brendan O’Connor (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) and 18 others based in the USA, Germany and Australia. The study reports the discovery of a Type Ia supernova, SN 2025adpq, within a collisional ring formed by a major galaxy merger., offset from the nucleus of the primary galaxy. It is published in the folder Astrophysics of Galaxies.

The overlay for this paper is here

You can find the officially accepted version on arXiv here and the announcement on Fediverse here:

https://fediscience.org/@OJ_Astro/116753183446523072

The second paper for this week, published on Tuesday June 16th in the folder Astrophysics of Galaxies is “The Colors of Ices: Measuring ice column density through photometry” by Adam Ginsburg (U. Florida, USA) and ten others based in the USA, Germany and Spain. This study demonstrates that JWST photometry can identify and quantify interstellar ices, using new open-source models, interstellar ices, finding significant abundance in non-star-forming gas, suggesting many avenues for further research.

The overlay looks like this:

The official version of the paper can be found on arXiv here and the Fediverse announcement here:

https://fediscience.org/@OJ_Astro/116758595971333611

The third paper of the week, published on Wednesday 17th June in the folder Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics is “The Non-Gaussian Weak-Lensing Likelihood: A Multivariate Copula Construction and Impact on Cosmological Constraints” by Veronika Oehl and Tilman Tröster (both of ETH Zurich, Switzerland). This study presents a framework for computing non-Gaussian likelihoods for correlation functions, particularly useful in large-scale weak-lensing surveys. It suggests Gaussian likelihoods are sufficient for stage-IV surveys.

The overlay for this one is here:

The final, accepted version can be found on arXiv here and the Mastodon announcement is here:

https://fediscience.org/@OJ_Astro/116764509657843733

The fourth and final paper of the week, also ublished on Wednesday 17th June but in the folder Astrophysics of Galaxies, is “Black Hole Feedback, Galaxy Quenching and Outflows at Cosmic Dawn: Analysis of the SEEDZ Simulations” by Lewis R. Prole (Maynooth University, Ireland) and 15 others based in Ireland, Germany, USA and UK. The study analyzes the growth and feedback effects of massive black holes in SEEDZ simulations, suggesting that black hole feedback, not nearby supernovae or gas exhaustion, limits initial growth.

The overlay is here:

The final, accepted version can be found on arXiv here and the Mastodon announcement is here:

https://fediscience.org/@OJ_Astro/116764428903842241

And that concludes this week’s update. It has been a slow week on the publishing front, but the main reason is that we have a big backlog of papers accepted but waiting for the authors to put their final versions on arXiv and we can’t do anything about that! I’ll do another update next Saturday.

Weekly Update from the Open Journal of Astrophysics 20/06/2026

It’s Saturday again so it’s time for another update of activity at the Open Journal of Astrophysics. Since the last update we have published a further four papers, bringing the number in Volume 9 (2026) to 126 and the total so far published by OJAp up to 574.

I will continue to include the posts made on our Mastodon account (on Fediscience); these announcements also show the DOI for each paper.

The first paper to report this week, published on Monday 15th June, is “SN 2025adpq: A Type Ia supernova in a collisional ring formed during a major galaxy merger” by Brendan O’Connor (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) and 18 others based in the USA, Germany and Australia. The study reports the discovery of a Type Ia supernova, SN 2025adpq, within a collisional ring formed by a major galaxy merger., offset from the nucleus of the primary galaxy. It is published in the folder Astrophysics of Galaxies.

The overlay for this paper is here

You can find the officially accepted version on arXiv here and the announcement on Fediverse here:

https://fediscience.org/@OJ_Astro/116753183446523072

The second paper for this week, published on Tuesday June 16th in the folder Astrophysics of Galaxies is “The Colors of Ices: Measuring ice column density through photometry” by Adam Ginsburg (U. Florida, USA) and ten others based in the USA, Germany and Spain. This study demonstrates that JWST photometry can identify and quantify interstellar ices, using new open-source models, interstellar ices, finding significant abundance in non-star-forming gas, suggesting many avenues for further research.

The overlay looks like this:

The official version of the paper can be found on arXiv here and the Fediverse announcement here:

https://fediscience.org/@OJ_Astro/116758595971333611

The third paper of the week, published on Wednesday 17th June in the folder Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics is “The Non-Gaussian Weak-Lensing Likelihood: A Multivariate Copula Construction and Impact on Cosmological Constraints” by Veronika Oehl and Tilman Tröster (both of ETH Zurich, Switzerland). This study presents a framework for computing non-Gaussian likelihoods for correlation functions, particularly useful in large-scale weak-lensing surveys. It suggests Gaussian likelihoods are sufficient for stage-IV surveys.

The overlay for this one is here:

The final, accepted version can be found on arXiv here and the Mastodon announcement is here:

https://fediscience.org/@OJ_Astro/116764509657843733

The fourth and final paper of the week, also ublished on Wednesday 17th June but in the folder Astrophysics of Galaxies, is “Black Hole Feedback, Galaxy Quenching and Outflows at Cosmic Dawn: Analysis of the SEEDZ Simulations” by Lewis R. Prole (Maynooth University, Ireland) and 15 others based in Ireland, Germany, USA and UK. The study analyzes the growth and feedback effects of massive black holes in SEEDZ simulations, suggesting that black hole feedback, not nearby supernovae or gas exhaustion, limits initial growth.

The overlay is here:

The final, accepted version can be found on arXiv here and the Mastodon announcement is here:

https://fediscience.org/@OJ_Astro/116764428903842241

And that concludes this week’s update. It has been another slow week on the publishing front, but the main reason is that we have a big backlog of papers accepted – about 10 of them – but still waiting for the authors to put their final versions on arXiv and we can’t do anything about that! I’ll do another update next Saturday.

Direct detection of cool molecular gas in a star-forming galaxy at z=7.31: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/549/3/stag924/8704346?login=false -> #CosmicDawn Fuel Discovery Unlocks Early Galaxy Growth Secrets: https://public.nrao.edu/news/vla-fuel-discovery/ - VLA and ALMA observations detect enormous cold molecular gas reserves 13 billion years ago.

Direct detection of cool molecular gas in a star-forming galaxy at z=7.31: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/549/3/stag924/8704346?login=false -> #CosmicDawn Fuel Discovery Unlocks Early Galaxy Growth Secrets: https://public.nrao.edu/news/vla-fuel-discovery/ - VLA and ALMA observations detect enormous cold molecular gas reserves 13 billion years ago.

Blazing Companions: Distant Dual Quasars Captured in Cosmic Embrace

Astronomers found two bright quasars in galaxies merging when the universe was less than a billion years old. This helps understand early galaxy growth.

#DistantQuasars, #GalaxyMerger, #CosmicDawn, #ALMA, #EarlyUniverse

https://newsletter.tf/two-bright-quasars-merging-early-universe/

This is one of only two known pairs of quasars from the universe's early days. They are in galaxies forming stars very quickly.

#DistantQuasars, #GalaxyMerger, #CosmicDawn, #ALMA, #EarlyUniverse
https://newsletter.tf/two-bright-quasars-merging-early-universe/

JWST Detects Record-Breaking Supernova That Erupted Right at The Cosmic Dawn - ScienceAlert
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=jwst-detects-record-breaking-supernova-that-erupted-right-at-the-cosmic-dawn-sciencealert
"Unveiling Cosmic Mysteries: JWST's Record Supernova Discovery at Dawn"
#space #astronomy #jwst #supernova #cosmicdawn

JAW-DROPPING: JWST just found a galaxy that existed only 290 million years after the Big Bang — yet it’s already massive, mature, and spinning like crazy. The infant universe wasn’t supposed to grow up this fast. Cosmology is broken. Again.

#JWST #Space #Astronomy #CosmicDawn

#Astronomers Spot the Earliest Confirmed #BlackHole at #CosmicDawn

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-spot-the-earliest-confirmed-black-hole-at-cosmic-dawn

#Astronomers Spot the Earliest Confirmed #BlackHole at #CosmicDawn

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-spot-the-earliest-confirmed-black-hole-at-cosmic-dawn

Want to witness how the universe’s first stars transformed darkness into cosmic dawn? See how radio astronomy is cracking the code. #CosmicDawn #FirstStars #Astronomy

https://geekoo.news/listening-to-the-universes-first-light-new-radio-signals-reveal-ancient-stars/

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“Cosmic Dawn” Screening at Greenbelt Cinema

#CaitlinMcGrath #CosmicDawn #CynthiaSimmons #Greenbelt #JacobPinter #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope(JWST) #Maryland #NASAGoddardSpaceFlightCenter

⏩ 20 new pictures from NASA (Image Library) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=20&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20250613010502

“Cosmic Dawn” Screening at Greenbelt Cinema

#CaitlinMcGrath #CosmicDawn #CynthiaSimmons #Greenbelt #JacobPinter #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope(JWST) #Maryland #NASAGoddardSpaceFlightCenter

⏩ 20 new pictures from NASA (Image Library) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=20&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20250613010502

#Webb Reveals #MilkyWay’s Ancient Twin Sparkling From the #CosmicDawn

https://scitechdaily.com/webb-reveals-milky-ways-ancient-twin-sparkling-from-the-cosmic-dawn/

#Webb Reveals #MilkyWay’s Ancient Twin Sparkling From the #CosmicDawn

https://scitechdaily.com/webb-reveals-milky-ways-ancient-twin-sparkling-from-the-cosmic-dawn/

A Sense of Doubt blog post #3620 - Dark photons at cosmic dawn could shine a light on dark matter. https://sensedoubt.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-sense-of-doubt-blog-post-3620-dark.html #Space #DarkMatter #CosmicDawn

#astronomy #quasar #SMBH #reionization #CosmicDawn

An article published in the journal "The Astrophysical Journal Letters" reports the discovery of the most distant pair of merging quasars known. A team of researchers combined observations from the Subaru Telescope with the Gemini North Telescope to find traces of this pair of quasars that we see as they were about 900 million years after the Big Bang.

Read the details at https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2024/06/20/first-pair-of-merging-quasars-observed-at-cosmic-dawn/

#astronomy #quasar #SMBH #reionization #CosmicDawn

An article published in the journal "The Astrophysical Journal Letters" reports the discovery of the most distant pair of merging quasars known. A team of researchers combined observations from the Subaru Telescope with the Gemini North Telescope to find traces of this pair of quasars that we see as they were about 900 million years after the Big Bang.

Read the details at https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2024/06/20/first-pair-of-merging-quasars-observed-at-cosmic-dawn/

JWST Glimpses the Cosmic Dawn of the Universe https://www.universetoday.com/161991/jwst-glimpses-the-cosmic-dawn-of-the-universe/ #jameswebbspacetelescope #epochofreionization #miriinstrument #firstgalaxies #cosmicdawn #astronomy #featured #galaxies #nasa #csa #esa

Efficient Formation of Massive #Galaxies at #CosmicDawn by Feedback-Free #Starbursts: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.04827 -> Astrophysicists Propose Solution to Mystery of Early Massive Galaxies Discovered: https://en.huji.ac.il/news/astrophysicists-propose-solution-mystery-early-massive-galaxies-discovered

Efficient Formation of Massive #Galaxies at #CosmicDawn by Feedback-Free #Starbursts: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.04827 -> Astrophysicists Propose Solution to Mystery of Early Massive Galaxies Discovered: https://en.huji.ac.il/news/astrophysicists-propose-solution-mystery-early-massive-galaxies-discovered

Astrophysical Constraints from the SARAS3 non-detection of the #CosmicDawn Sky-Averaged 21-cm Signal: https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.00464 -> Non-detection of key signal allows astronomers to determine what the first galaxies were – and weren’t – like: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/non-detection-of-key-signal-allows-astronomers-to-determine-what-the-first-galaxies-were-and-werent

Astrophysical Constraints from the SARAS3 non-detection of the #CosmicDawn Sky-Averaged 21-cm Signal: https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.00464 -> Non-detection of key signal allows astronomers to determine what the first galaxies were – and weren’t – like: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/non-detection-of-key-signal-allows-astronomers-to-determine-what-the-first-galaxies-were-and-werent

The Cosmic Radio Background from #Primordial #BlackHoles at #CosmicDawn: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.06616 -> https://scicomm.xyz/@[email protected]today.com/110028981913995036

The Cosmic Radio Background from #Primordial #BlackHoles at #CosmicDawn: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.06616 -> https://scicomm.xyz/@[email protected]today.com/110028981913995036