AI Found a Planet Outside of Our Solar System--Can It Find More?

The results from the launch of the Kepler* space telescope and the K2 mission to search for planets outside of our solar system have been nothing short of astounding. From Kepler, 2,343 exoplanet candidates have been discovered while 2,343 have been actually confirmed. So far, 30 of those planets have the potential to be habitable. One of those exoplanets, Kepler-90i, is a toasty and rocky destination 2,545 light-years away that orbits its host star every 14.4 days. This planet was found using an early incarnation of artificial intelligence.