Stargazing with computers: What machine learning can teach us about the cosmos
(PHYSorg.com Space & Earth)

Gazing up at the night sky in a rural area, you`ll probably see the shining moon surrounded by stars. If you`re lucky, you might spot the furthest thing visible with the naked eye-the Andromeda galaxy. It`s the nearest neighbor to our galaxy, the Milky Way. But that`s just the tiniest fraction of what`s out there. When the Department of Energy`s (DOE) Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Camera at the National Science Foundation`s Vera Rubin Observatory turns on in 2022, it will take photos of 37 billion galaxies and stars over the course of a decade.