The Pierre Auger Observatory, which can be described as doing astronomy using particle physics, published in Science about an exciting anisotropy at very high e

The Pierre Auger Observatory, which can be described as doing astronomy using particle physics, published in Science about an exciting anisotropy at very high energies at about 2.5 sigma. (It was a prescription, so it would have been published even as a negative result but likely not in Science.) Alas, it turned out to be a statistical fluke as well. We had to publish a note to the effect later. The particle physicists in the collaboration were by and large against calling it a discovery. The astronomers (by and large) shared your sentiment about the particle physicists being curious folk. :) https://arxiv.org/abs/0712.2843 https://arxiv.org/abs/0712.2843