Anthropic's Claude Science maps UV sky for first time

anthropic's claude science has successfully created the first complete ultraviolet map of the sky. the project utilized ai agents to download data from multiple space missions, calibrate it, and merge it together, filling in missing areas using inpainting techniques. this achievement showcases the capability of ai to take over tedious data work that researchers might otherwise put off. the ultraviolet map reveals dust lit up by starlight, clouds around young stars, and rings left behind by stellar explosions. according to johns hopkins astrophysicist brice ménard, the map is meant to serve as teaching material, and he suspects many scientists have been delaying similar projects that ai could now make possible.