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'Artificial super astronauts': How AI and robotics could help humanity settle Mars
By Leonard David published
In the not-too-distant future, "artificial astronauts" could fly as actual crew members on human missions to Mars, and elsewhere in space.

Meet Surya, the 1st-of-its-kind AI model NASA and IBM built to predict solar storms
By Tereza Pultarova published
A new NASA-IBM algorithm called Surya could be a major leap in space weather forecasting.

NASA and Google test AI medical assistant for astronaut missions to the moon and Mars
By Andrew Jones published
Google and NASA are trialing an AI-powered medical assistant that could help astronauts care for themselves when mission control is out of reach.

AI helps astronomers make a potentially major find — an exploding star being attacked by a black hole
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Artificial intelligence helps astronomers observe what may be the first known case of a star exploding while interacting with a black hole.

We tracked illegal fishing in marine protected areas – satellites and AI show most bans are respected, and could help enforce future ones
By Jennifer Raynor published
Marine protected areas cover more than 8% of the world's oceans today, but they can get a bad rap as being protected on paper only.

Binary star systems are complex astronomical objects − a new AI approach could pin down their properties quickly
By Andrej Prša published
Measuring binary star systems' basic properties has proved exceedingly difficult.

'The ocean is no longer too big to watch': How AI and satellite data are helping rid Earth's seas of illegal fishing
By Keith Cooper published
Protected regions of the ocean are doing their job and keeping illegal fishing at bay, according to new research combining satellite imagery with artificial intelligence.

How AI is helping scientists unlock some of the sun's deepest secrets
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
AI can bridge the growing gap between new and old solar observations and help scientists uncover overlooked aspects of our star's long-term evolution, a new study argues.
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