By Universe Today
Publication Date: 2026-01-29 00:35:00
Using a powerful AI tool, astronomers combed through vast datasets from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and found over 1,300 cosmic anomalies, more than 800 of which are new to science.
The new research by David O’Ryan and Pablo Gomez from ESA (the European Space Agency) is published in Astronomy and astrophysics.
“Archived observations from the Hubble Space Telescope now go back 35 years and represent a treasure trove of data in which astrophysical anomalies could be found,” says O’Ryan.
Astrophysical anomalies are important because they can be outliers that represent a different side of nature. A trained scientist may know them and find them relatively easy.
But there is simply too much data from our extensive collection of astronomical telescopes. The JWST contributes approximately 57 GB of data daily, depending on which observations are planned.
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