Astronomy
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There's An AI For That·Oct 9AI assistant helps spot a potential exoplanet in NASA telescope data
Using Claude Code, a researcher analyzed seven years of light data from NASA's planet hunting telescope to spot subtle brightness drops around a star. The findings suggest an exoplanet roughly 1.4 times larger than Earth orbiting its sun every three days. NASA astronomers have scheduled dedicated observation time to verify if the signal is genuine.
Superintelligence·Oct 9Claude Agents Complete Full Ultraviolet Map of the Sky
Astrophysicist Brice Ménard utilized AI agents running on Claude Science to map missing sections of the ultraviolet sky. The AI collected public survey datasets and predicted unmeasured areas based on visible, infrared, and radio data with high accuracy.
Superhuman·Sep 27Researchers detect mysterious X-ray emissions in archive satellite records
Re-evaluating historical observations from space telescopes revealed 84 rare X-ray radiation sources spread across neighboring galaxies. Astronomers believe these emissions may be generated by white dwarfs or compact binary stellar systems.
Superhuman·Sep 6Space agency deploys repurposed spy satellite for cosmic mapping
NASA launched a four billion dollar space observatory designed to map billions of galaxies and research dark energy. Originally built as a military surveillance satellite, the telescope was later transferred and converted for astronomical research. Its wide field optics allow it to survey deep space significantly faster than older orbital telescopes.
