• New machine learning algorithm designed by astronomers and computer scientists from University of Warwick confirms new exoplanets in telescope data
• Sky surveys find thousands of planet candidates, and astronomers have to separate the true planets from fake ones
• Algorithm was trained to distinguish between signs of real planets and false positives
• New technique is faster than previous techniques, can be automated, and improved with further training

WARWICK, UK (University of Warwick PR) — Fifty potential planets have had their existence confirmed by a new machine learning algorithm developed by University of Warwick scientists.