New planet discovered by University of Georgia researchers using Artificial Intelligence

An amazing feat has been made at the University of Georgia – researchers discovered a new planet in another solar system, and they did so using Artificial Intelligence.

Jason Terry, PhD candidate in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, said they developed a machine-learning model that could replicate what humans had done for decades. It was a concept he'd been working on as part of his thesis research.

When run, the model would look at hundreds of images of protoplanetary planes taken by the ALMA Space Telescope in Chile. These images represent rotating discs of gas and dust surrounded by new stars.

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