AI accurately predicts age of newly discovered supernova in milliseconds

Artificial intelligence can accurately predict the age of supernovae and other rare star explosions within milliseconds of their discovery by telescopes.

This could be useful for projects such as the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s space-time heritage survey, which is scheduled to begin observations in 2025. A 10-year study of the southern sky will require 15 terabytes of data per night, potentially leading to even more discoveries. Over 10 million potential cosmic events every night. This could lead to a 100-fold increase in supernova discoveries.

“It would potentially be observed…