Astrophysicist uses Claude to build first complete ultraviolet map of the sky in days
mtizard · x · 2026-10-10
Astrophysicist Brice Ménard worked with Claude Science to create the first complete ultraviolet map of the sky.
- Complete sky maps exist from radio to gamma rays, but large regions had never been observed in UV.
- He guided Claude to locate existing datasets, merge them, and fill gaps with statistical inference.
- Work that would take humans weeks took only a few days, while Ménard worked on other projects in parallel.
The map doubles as a teaching tool and showcases the kind of slow, low-priority scientific work AI now makes feasible.
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