AI Astronomy Tutor – Models of Time and Space
This is an astronomy tutor – trained with the recent book by Bryan Penprase, Models of Time and Space (Springer), and able to answer any and all questions about astronomy and astrophysics – especially related to this book, and materials in the Soka University of America astronomy courses. You can ask it anything about astronomy and astrophysics such as:
- How did astronomers first discover the structure of the Milky Way?
- How did astronomers first chart the stars?
- What are our limits to our knowledge of the largest expanses of space and time?
- How do we know the smallest structures in the universe and the particles that comprise the physical universe?
The tutor is also an expert in observational astronomy and can answer questions like:
- What nebulae are best to observe and what are their features and history of discovery and observation?
- What are the three best galaxies to observe tonight? Can you provide an illustrated catalog of them?
Here is the cover of the book Models of Time and Space, which was released in Fall of 2023 by Springer, and which is being used in the SUA astronomy class of Bryan Penprase
This is an experimental prototype – and is built with ChatGPT 4o and a system known as Stack-AI, which produces the deployment and outputs a code snippet below – which is used in the chat form here:
This is also available as a chatbot at the link below. Enjoy!