Episode 41 - the age of the Universe, AI and literature reviews, and giant companions

Payel and Michelle delve into another group of wonderful papers on the astronomy arxiv! They discuss dating the Universe, comparing 2025 large language models in their ability to assist with literature views, telling apart exocomets and giant companions, early signatures of secular evolution in disk galaxies, and the abundance of data to come from Vera Rubin. You can read more about the papers below:Cosmic CORALS: Timing the Universe with high-z star clusters - Elena Tomasetti et al.AI's Capability in Assisting Scientific Research in Physics, Astrophysics, and Cosmology I: Literature Review - Anamaria Hell et al.Evidence for a giant companion orbiting Tabby's star - Cristina Madurga-Favieres et al.Bar-driven secular evolution largely complete in a disk galaxy 7.6 billion years ago - Takafumi Tsukui et al.A Deep Look at the Ultra-Faint Milky Way Satellite Virgo III with Rubin Observatory Data Preview 2 - Aashay Pai et al.