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NASA-funded student revolutionizes galaxy detection

January 30, 2025 by Morgan E. Tinin

Yashasvi Moon with her research poster

How did Yashasvi Moon, a senior physics student at Missouri State University, identify 9,548 galaxies without looking into a single telescope?  She trained machine learning (ML) models to identify specific galaxies on their own.  The American Astronomical Society recently published her research on finding quiescent Balmer-strong (QBS) galaxies.  Combining three … [Read more...] about NASA-funded student revolutionizes galaxy detection

Filed Under: Physics Astronomy and Materials Science Tagged With: Physics Astronomy and Materials Science, Student Success, Yashasvi Moon

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