How AI helped uncover a new type of supernova

Using an AI algorithm, astronomers have discovered a new type of supernova likely resulting from the merger of a dying star and its black hole companion. In July 2023, the Zwicky Transient Facility discovered supernova SN 2023zkd, located 730 million light-years from Earth. Six months later, in January 2024, an artificial intelligence algorithm known asContinue reading “How AI helped uncover a new type of supernova”
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