Could AI Discover a New Planet? Amateur Astronomer Finds Promising Signal in NASA Data

An amateur astronomer uses AI agents to identify a potential super-Earth in NASA TESS data, prompting renewed scrutiny of a signal 116 light-years away.

Artificial intelligence is opening new possibilities in astronomy, helping researchers examine enormous datasets for signals that might otherwise go unnoticed. In a recent example, a Spain-based amateur astronomer used AI agents to identify a repeati... [7206 chars]