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Machine learning helps identify 50 new exoplanets, more to come – ZME Science
It’s not perfect yet, but it’s still effective.
Researchers at the University of Warwick have identified a host of new exoplanets from old NASA data with the use of machine learning.
Artists impression of exoplanet orbiting two stars.Image credits NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI).
Identifying planets far away from our own isn’t easy. It involves a painstaking process of waiting for the planet to come between its star and our telescope, which will temporarily block or reduce its brightness. Based on how much of the light is obscured, we can t…
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