12 billion years old interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be older than the solar system
3I/ATLAS arrived fast, bright, and strange. When astronomers spotted it on July 1, 2025, they knew almost immediately…
Supernovae help astronomers measure how the Universe expands over time
Astronomers have leaned on Type Ia supernovae for decades because these stellar explosions act like mile markers across…
AI transforming our understanding of the universe
Science in the modern era is increasingly reliant on enormous datasets and automated analysis. In astronomy, the Vera…
Physicists propose a new way to spot supermassive black hole pairs
Supermassive black holes rarely travel alone. Most large galaxies hide one at the center, and when galaxies collide,…