High-Resolution Imaging for Statistical Validation of TESS Planet Candidates

A post on Hacker News reports that a researcher with no formal astronomy background used an AI-driven pipeline to process hundreds of gigabytes of data from NASA's TESS satellite, statistically validating 64 new exoplanets. The paper was formally accepted by The Astronomical Journal last week, after the author worked with astrophysicists to get it peer-review ready. The author says they're happy to share more details.

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