Claude Science produces first complete ultraviolet map of the sky, ~10% deviation
The Decoder · rss · 2026-10-09
Brice Ménard, an astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins University, used Anthropic's Claude Science to create the first complete map of the sky in ultraviolet light. AI agents downloaded data from multiple space missions, calibrated it, and filled gaps via inpainting, with predictions deviating from actual measurements by about 10% on average.
Ménard sees the project as an example of research that simply wouldn't have gotten done without AI.
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