Machine Learning Algorithms Hunt For Dark Matter In Space Maps - Liwaiwai

Understanding how our universe came to be what it is today and what its final destiny will be is one of the biggest challenges in science. The awe-inspiring display of countless stars on a clear night gives us some idea of the magnitude of the problem, and yet that is only part of the story. The deeper riddle lies in what we cannot see, at least not directly: dark matter and dark energy. With dark matter pulling the universe together and dark energy causing it to expand faster, cosmologists need to know exactly how much of those two is out there in order to refine their models. Now, researchers are working to improve on standard methods for estimating the dark matter content of the universe through artificial intelligence.