Neural networks to predict the mass of planets in formation
An article published in the journal "Astronomy and Astrophysics" shows an example of the use of a neural network and a deep learning algorithm to reduce the time to create simulations of star systems...
View ArticleDeep learning used to map storms on the planet Saturn
An article published in the journal "Nature Astronomy" reports the application of a deep learning algorithm to recognize storms on the planet Saturn creating a map of their components and...
View ArticleA release of the data for the IllustrisTNG simulation of the universe
An article published in the journal "Computational Astrophysics and Cosmology" presents the complete public release of the simulations coded as TNG100 and TNG300 of the IllustrisTNG project, a highly...
View ArticleAn impact in the asteroid belt might have triggered the Great Ordovician...
An article published in the journal "Science Advances" reports a study linking the fragmentation of an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter about 466 million years ago to what is known as the Great...
View ArticleEdwin Hubble was born 130 years ago
Edwin Power Hubble was born on November 20, 1889 in Marshfield, Missouri, USA. The observations he made allowed him to find cepheid variable stars, which could be used to calculate the distances of the...
View ArticlePerhaps the impact point of the largest young meteorite that struck Earth...
An article published in the journal "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences" reports a study offering evidence that the impact point of the largest young meteorite that struck the Earth, about...
View ArticleR.I.P. Freeman Dyson
The physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson passed away yesterday, February 28. His daughter Mia confirmed the news explaining that her father got injured after falling in his office in Princeton...
View ArticleMachine learning used to find new gravitational lenses
An article published in "The Astrophysical Journal" reports the identifications of 335 new gravitational lens candidates discovered using machine learning software trained for this task. A team of...
View ArticleHappy birthday Gregory Benford!
Gregory Albert Benford was born on January 30, 1941 in Mobile, Alabama, USA. In 1965, Gregory Benford started the science fiction fanzine "Void" with his twin brother Jim. In the same year he published...
View ArticleA study on the influence of climate change on human evolution
An article published in the journal "Nature" reports the results of a research on the correlation between climate changes that occurred over the last two million years and the evolution of human...
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