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NASA, IBM launch new AI model for studying the moon

By Julian Dossett Published

NASA and IBM have developed an AI model to help sift through the mountains of data the agency has gathered about the moon.

The moon
This SAR image shows a solar farm floating on top of the human-made Lake Tiangang in China. The fishery-solar hybrid photovoltaic power station covers approximately half of the lake’s surface and contrasts from the lake’s surface depicted by dark areas in the SAR image. A zoomed-in view shows the individual solar arrays on floating devices in the shape of a "fish."

The future of Earth observation: Private satellites and AI bring benefits but also pose risks

By Leonard David Published

We've entered a new world of Earth observation, in which artificial intelligence helps researchers make sense of an ever-glowing glut of privately gathered data.

Earth
Illustration of an electromagnetic mass driver on the moon, which SpaceX plans to use to launch AI satellites into space.

SpaceX could make $500 billion in 2028, Elon Musk says (video)

By Mike Wall Published

SpaceX started out as a launch company, but it has been transitioning into an artificial intelligence outfit — one that's poised to make huge profits in the coming years, Elon Musk says.

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Space Exploration
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How AI is changing spacecraft and satellite operations (op-ed)

By Martin Halliwell Last updated

Satellite constellations are getting so large that AI management of fleets is more than just convenient — it's becoming the only way these systems can keep working at all.

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Satellites
Artist's illustration of several SpaceX Starship upper stages on the moon.

Will SpaceX still be a launch company after its historic IPO?

By Leonard David Published

What does SpaceX's coming IPO mean for the company, investors and markets in general?

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Space Exploration
The team at Cowboy Space Corp., which aims to launch and operate AI data centers in Earth orbit.

Cowboy Space raises $275 million to launch AI data centers on brand-new rocket

By Elizabeth Howell Published

The newly rebranded Cowboy Space Corp. will use the money to develop and operate AI data centers in orbit, which it will launch on a homegrown rocket.

Technology

'Cannibal stars,' AI and the Rubin Observatory could shed light on the mystery of dark energy. Here's how

By Robert Lea Published

Scientists are hunting for "unknown unknowns" that could lead us to missing ingredients in our recipe of the cosmos.

Dark Universe
two men in black military tunics and horned hats cavort about in a rocky pasture

The Claypool Lennon Delirium's cosmic new album is not just an AI warning, but a reflection on a global loss of empathy (video)

By Steve Spaleta Published

Les Claypool and Sean Lennon discuss AI, art, and empathy in their new concept album 'The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy.'

Entertainment
The domed roof of the Vera Rubin Observatory sits on a high ridge with a red and purple starry night sky above it with a glowing arch of the Milky Way seen in the heavens

AI sped up James Webb Space Telescope data analysis from years to days. What can it do for the groundbreaking Rubin Observatory?

By Tereza Pultarova Published

AI algorithms can sharpen naturally blurry images taken by ground-based telescopes, revealing details otherwise visible only to space-borne machines like Webb and Hubble.

Technology

100 new alien worlds: Scientists find hidden haul in data from NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft

By Robert Lea Published

Astronomers have discovered an additional 100 new worlds in data collected by NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS, thanks to an innovative AI program.

Exoplanets
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