How a Neural Network Combine Harvests Stellar Sprouts Across Hundreds of Thousands of GalaxiesIn the young Universe, about ten billion years ago, galaxies resembled endless fields after a thunderstorm: everywhere, giant — thousands of light-years across — clumps of star formation were boiling up, where young stars were born with unbridled energy. Today, these patches are an almost vanished species: in nearby galaxies, raucous hotbeds are rare.