AI is Speeding Up Discoveries About the Universe That May Lead to Alien Life

Artificial intelligence is speeding up astronomy, reports Axios--"AI is speeding up discoveries about the universe and helping to hone the search for life within it. 'The datasets for SETI endeavors are really massive," SETI Institute CEO Bill Diamond tells Axios. "We generate many tens of terabytes a day.' AI and machine learning can be used to quickly pick out intriguing parts of a dataset, making it less likely that astronomers will miss something important.

Why symmetry is so fundamental to our understanding of the universe--The symmetries of matter are deeper and stranger than they first appear, and they have driven many of the biggest breakthroughs in particle physics. But have we exhausted their usefulness? asks Michael Brooks for New Scientist.

Absolutely enormous asteroid belt discovered around a nearby star--Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to spot strange asteroid belts around the nearby star Fomalhaut, along with evidence for at least three planets, reports Leah Crane for New Scientist.

Galaxy Clusters Unveil New Evidence for the Prevailing Standard Model of Cosmology Universe--"A recent study conducted by a team of physicists from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University has produced in-depth measurements of X-ray emission from galaxy clusters. These measurements have revealed the internal distribution of matter within the clusters and, as a result, have provided the scientists with an opportunity to examine the Lambda-CDM theory.

Oceans On 4 Uranus’ Moons Likely, reports EarthSky. "On May 4, 2023, several researchers across the U.S. announced that the major moons of Uranus – Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and Oberon-- have oceans of their own. Studying these bodies would help address the extent of habitable environments in the outer solar system.".

Galactic bubbles are more complex than imagined, researchers say--Fresh look at old data reveals novel details about galactic formation, reports The Ohio State University. "In a study recently published in Nature Astronomy, a team led by scientists at The Ohio State University was able to show that the shells of these structures – dubbed “eRosita bubbles” after being found by the eRosita X-ray telescope – are more complex than previously thought."