# China’s StarWhisper telescope earns place in Stanford AI Index

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- CGTN, 2026-09-19 13:02 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-09-19/China-s-StarWhisper-telescope-earns-place-in-Stanford-AI-Index-1Qzmkdue74s/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=China

> China’s StarWhisper Telescope is featured in Stanford University’s 2026 AI Index as a leading 2025 example of AI agents used in physics, astronomy, chemistry and materials science. Led by the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the project has identified eight very early supernova candidates, two of which prompted follow-up observations when weather allowed.