Rubin’s Sky Survey Will Blow Your Mind
The Rubin Observatory just released its first images — and in only 10 hours, it spotted millions of galaxies and thousands of asteroids. A decade of sky scanning is just getting started.
Small Black Holes, Big Questions
Astrophysicists are on the hunt for primordial black holes (PBHs), mysterious objects that may have formed in the early universe.
AI Delivers New Clues About the Universe
Astrophysicists have leveraged AI to fine-tune estimates of the universe’s cosmological parameters with unmatched precision.
Will the Milky Way Dodge Andromeda?
Astronomers have long believed that the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies were on a collision course, but new simulations suggest there’s a 50% chance they might narrowly miss each other.