Weekly Science UpdateNovember 06, 2009 In a Galaxy Far, Far Away... Astronomers have just published the discovery of the farthest known object in the cosmos: a star that exploded when the universe was only 630 million years old -- only 4.6% of its current age.  Read More...

Press ReleaseNovember 02, 2009 VERITAS Telescopes Help Solve 100-Year-Old Mystery: The Origin of Cosmic Rays Nearly 100 years ago, scientists detected the first signs of cosmic rays - subatomic particles (mostly protons) that zip through space at nearly the speed of light.  Read More...

Weekly Science UpdateOctober 30, 2009 Dark Matter in a Galaxy Stars, the most familiar objects in the night sky, make up only a tiny percentage of the total amount of matter in the universe -- about 2%.   Read More...