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Making astronomical archives more accessible through AI: STABLE (Summer Team for Astronomical Benchmarking & LLM Engineering) highlights

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“Vector Summary Pseudo Posteriors for Simulation-Based Inference with Applications to Cosmology” presented at the STAI-X conference at Harvard

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CosmicAI Research, “Density-Informed Pseudo-Counts for Calibrated Evidential Deep Learning” selected for a paper award at STAI-X!

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How Researchers Navigate Accountability, Transparency, and Trust When Using AI Tools in Research

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Cosmic Horizons 2026: Uniting Astronomers and AI Experts at NSF NRAO

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Unraveling the origins of Supermassive Black Holes using Cosmological Simulations

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Learning the Universe at High Redshifts: Impact of Accretion Modeling on Early Black Hole Growth

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CosmicAI Researchers explored how to build agentic systems for data science tasks critical to scientific discovery

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Resolving galaxy formation in the early Universe with BonFIRE and CampFIRE

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AI & Science: What Is the Future of Discovery?

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CosmicAI Feature - “A Match Made in the Cosmos” - StarDate Magazine

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40 for Forty Fundraising Campaign - Support Student Research!

CosmicAI is excited to participate in the annual 40 for Forty fundraising campaign! We are fundraising to support undergraduate students in AI-driven astronomy research through paid summer internships! Your support will sponsor students to work with CosmicAI members (comprised of leading experts in AI and astronomy at top universities, including UT Austin) to carry out independent research projects at the intersection of AI/machine learning and astronomy.

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Building AI Literacy: CosmicAI’s Teaching Fellows Program

On National AI Literacy Day, CosmicAI announced an expansion of its AI Teaching Fellows program to help high school teachers develop AI-integrated STEM lessons. Supported by the NSF, the effort focuses on classroom-ready, astronomy-based materials and ethical AI education.

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CosmicAI 2026 Seed Funding Announcement

We’re excited to announce the recipients of our CosmicAI Seed Funding Awards for 2026.

We are proud to welcome these teams into the growing CosmicAI community. It is a privilege to support their work, and we look forward to the advances they will make in deepening our understanding of the universe.

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CosmicAI Announces Second Annual Cosmic Horizons Conference in Charlottesville

The NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins (CosmicAI) will host the Second Annual Cosmic Horizons Conference from July 14–16, 2026, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Registration and abstract submission are now open.

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CosmicAI and NRAO Collaboration Highlighted at the 247th American Astronomical Society Meeting

CosmicAI Initiative Showcases Early Career Fellows, Next Generation Very Large Array, and Upcoming Cosmic Horizons Conference

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Spring 2026 CosmicAI Hybrid Seminar Series

We’re excited to announce our third CosmicAI hybrid seminar series in spring 2026.

This semester, we focus on the Explorable Universe research pillar and feature talks on applying LLMs and Foundation AI Models to Use-Inspired Research to advance research in Astronomy.

Read more for the full list of speakers and the venues.