{"id":354857,"date":"2026-01-28T16:43:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=354857"},"modified":"2026-01-28T16:43:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:13:29","slug":"exominer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exominer\/","title":{"rendered":"ExoMiner++"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>NASA has open sourced its AI system ExoMiner++ while analysing TESS data to support transparent, collaborative, and faster global exoplanet discovery.<\/p>\n<h2>About ExoMiner++<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_354859\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-354859\" style=\"width: 325px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-354859\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Source-Tech-Times.jpg?resize=325%2C180&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ExoMiner++\" width=\"325\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Source-Tech-Times.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Source-Tech-Times.jpg?w=447&amp;ssl=1 447w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-354859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Tech Times<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>ExoMiner++ is a <strong>deep learning\u2013based artificial intelligence system<\/strong> used to identify exoplanets from space mission data.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Developed by: <\/strong>It was developed by<strong> NASA.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The main goals of the ExoMiner project are:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Perform classification of transit signals in <strong>Kepler and Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)<\/strong><strong> data;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Create vetted catalogs of <strong>Threshold Crossing Events (TCEs) <\/strong>for Kepler and TESS runs for the exoplanet community.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Validate new exoplanets<\/strong> using Kepler and TESS data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mechanism used: <\/strong>ExoMiner++ <strong>uses deep learning to study stellar light curves and detect small dips in brightness<\/strong> caused by planetary transits.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key features<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Explainable AI (XAI):<\/strong> The open-source system allows researchers to study, audit, and understand the model\u2019s working.<\/li>\n<li><strong>False Positive Mitigation:<\/strong> It distinguishes genuine planetary signals from eclipsing binary stars and astrophysical noise.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Efficiency:<\/strong> It flagged approximately 7,000 potential exoplanet candidates from TESS data, speeding up exoplanet discovery.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Open Science:<\/strong> NASA has open sourced ExoMiner++, enabling global collaboration and replication of results.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About ExoMiner<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>ExoMiner is an <strong>open-source artificial intelligence software<\/strong> designed to <strong>analyse exoplanet data<\/strong> from space missions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Developed by:<\/strong> It was developed by a team from <strong>NASA\u2019s Ames Research Center in 2021.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The team later created ExoMiner++, trained using Kepler and TESS data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: NASA has open sourced its AI system ExoMiner++ while analysing TESS data to support transparent, collaborative, and faster global exoplanet discovery. About ExoMiner++ ExoMiner++ is a deep learning\u2013based artificial intelligence system used to identify exoplanets from space mission data. Developed by: It was developed by NASA. 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