AI bot "ClaRAN" can spot radio galaxy too. – TechGraph

An artificial intelligence (AI) programme used to recognize faces on Facebook can also identify galaxies in deep space, scientists said Wednesday. The AI bot named ClaRAN scans images taken by radio telescopes, said researchers from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) in Australia. Its job is to spot radio galaxies -- galaxies that emit powerful radio jets from supermassive black holes at their centers, according to the research published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Black holes are found at the center of most, if not all, galaxies. "These supermassive black holes occasionally burp out jets that can be seen with a radio telescope," said Ivy Wong from The University of Western Australia node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR).