# The Rare Stellar Objects AI Is Helping Astronomers Find

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Podcast: [Bedtime Astronomy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bedtime-astronomy-6846704)
Published: 2026-09-12T08:00:05+00:00
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## Resource

Astronomers at Vilnius University are using artificial intelligence to uncover rare hot subdwarfs hidden within Gaia’s enormous star catalog. A convolutional neural network can identify these unusual stripped-down stellar cores in seconds, opening a new way to study how these mysterious binary systems evolve. Thank you for listening to Bedtime Astronomy — your guide to the cosmos. New episodes on space exploration, NASA missions & the latest astronomy breakthroughs. This episode includes AI-generated content.

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