Will DePue Discovers Potential New Dwarf Planet Using Claude AI

Will DePue and colleagues Joshua Wolk and Luke Farritor used the Claude AI model to scan NASA and ESA archival data, identifying a potential new dwarf planet in the outer solar system that is roughly the 50th largest known object, about one quarter Pluto's width, and orbiting twice as far from the Sun. DePue announced a $100,000 grant to encourage amateur astronomers to search public databases for other undetected celestial objects, while Wolk works to confirm the findings.