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AI is helping astronomers discover fledgling planets

05/05/2023

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ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); C. Brogan, B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

Artificial intelligence can help astronomers more efficiently discover young exoplanets hidden in protoplanetary disks — and even catch worlds that human researchers miss.

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ESA/NASA/T. Pesquet

Spectacular auroral emissions reveal just how interconnected stars, planets, and moons really are.

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ispace

Ispace, the Tokyo-based company that developed the lander, still hopes to eventually provide commercial services to both private companies and space agencies alike.

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NASA/Ernie Wright

The current race to the Moon is opening up new opportunities for lunar astronomy.

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ESO/L. Calçada

Since its progenitor star exploded in February 1987, the supernova remnant has been exploding outward, slamming into nearby gas and dust.

THIS WEEK IN ASTRONOMY

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Giuseppe Donatiello

The penumbral lunar eclipse on May 5 will not visible from the U.S., but instead will occur over Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.

OBSERVING

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Heinz-Eberhard Boden (Flickr)

Your daily digest of celestial events coming soon to a sky near you, sponsored by Celestron. Updated Friday morning at 9 A.M. Central. 

PICTURE OF THE DAY

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Stacey E. Mills from Louisa, Virginia

IC 342 is a spiral galaxy some 11 million light-years away in the faint constellation Camelopardalis the Giraffe. Amateur astronomers have christened it the Hidden Galaxy because large quantities of dust within the Milky Way decrease its brightness.

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