Facial Recognition Deep Learning Software is Surprisingly Good at Identifying Galaxies Too

"We were not expecting it to be all that successful. I'm amazed at how powerful this is. We know the simulations have limitations, so we don't want to make too strong a claim. But we don't think this is just a lucky fluke."

"The VELA simulations have had a lot of success in terms of helping us understand the CANDELS observations. Nobody has perfect simulations, though. As we continue this work, we will keep developing better simulations."