High school student uses AI to reveal 1.5 million previously unknown objects in space

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https://phys.org/news/2025-04-high-school-student-ai-reveal.html

Through his research at Caltech, a local high school student revealed 1.5 million previously unknown objects in space, broadened the potential of a NASA mission, and published a single-author paper.

Matteo (Matthew) Paz's article published in The Astronomical Journal describes a new AI algorithm he developed that led to these discoveries and that can be adapted by other astronomers and astrophysicists for their own research.

Paz has wanted to learn more about astronomy since his mother brought him to public Stargazing Lectures at Caltech when he was in grade school. In the summer of 2022, he came to campus to study astronomy and related computer science in the Caltech Planet Finder Academy led by Professor of Astronomy Andrew Howard.

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Now, while he finishes high school, Paz is a Caltech employee. He works for Kirkpatrick in IPAC, which manages, processes, archives, and analyzes data from NEOWISE and several other NASA and NSF–supported space missions. It's Paz's first paying job.

I'm sure he'll be happier in some other country that values science. It's going to be very distressing to be in a sea of xians and troglodytes (and no offense to troglodytes meant!)

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1. No beginning, no end.

Space and time are infinite.