Scientists use Deep Learning to Calculate Planet Masses

For the past 15 years, astrophysicists at the University of Bern in Switzerland have used specialized techniques to predict planet masses. Unfortunately, the feat requires solving sets of complicated and time-consuming differential equations. As a solution, the Swiss scientists adopted artificial intelligence into their work to help improve and speed up their computing process. 'There is a big hype also in astronomy. Machine learning has already been used to analyze observations, but to my knowledge, we are the first to use deep learning for such a purpose." Planets usually form in stellar disks that accumulate solid materials and gasses.