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Paul Sutter

New AI algorithms are 95% better at showing how the universe changes over time

A ball of yellow and pink sits behind a wall of pink gas with ripples of black and green gridded fabric in the foreground.

A newly developed technique could teach AI algorithms to see the universe with unprecedented clarity — potentially exposing the cracks in our understanding of the cosmos.

Our cosmic rulebook, known as the standard cosmological model, has done an unparalleled job of describing the universe, accounting for everything from its accelerating expansion to galaxy formation. But even the best explanations need robust, independent checks, and that's where genetic algorithms come in.

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