We present the discovery of 118 new ultracool dwarf candidates, discovered using a new machine learning tool, named SMDET, applied to time series images from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer.
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Posted inGenomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Microbiology & Virology, Press Release
Modern Immunity And Ancient Microbes
When you get infected with a virus, some of the first weapons your body deploys to fight it were passed down to us from our microbial ancestors billions of years […]
Posted inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Astronomy & Telescopes, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Intelligence & Language, Press Release, Stellar Cartography
Insect Astronomy: How Dung Beetles and the Milky Way Are Helping To Improve Navigation Systems
An insect species that evolved 130 million years ago is the inspiration for a new research study to improve navigation systems in drones, robots, and orbiting satellites.
Posted inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Astrogeology, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Comets and Asteroids, Extinction events, Habitable Zones, Impact events, Status Report
Accelerating Giant Impact Simulations With Machine Learning
Constraining planet formation models based on the observed exoplanet population requires generating large samples of synthetic planetary systems, which can be computationally prohibitive.
Posted inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Astrogeology, Away Teams & Field Reports, Caves, Craters, Mountains, Subsurface, Lava Tubes, Exploration Gear & Tech, Fossils & Paleontology, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Sample Return, Status Report, Tricorders & Sensors
Mapping “Brain Terrain” Regions on Mars Using Deep Learning
One of the main objectives of the Mars Exploration Program is to search for evidence of past or current life on the planet.
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Video: Building an Onboard AI to Act as an Advance Science Team
Dr. Ryan Felton hosts Dr. Bethany Theiling from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Bethany discusses her research and endeavors to make AI/ML in-situ autonomous capabilities during planetary missions a […]
Posted inAriel Mission, Astronomy & Telescopes, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Citizen Science / Open Science, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Press Release
Competition To Unlock The Atmospheres Of Distant Planets Using AI
The competition, based on the European Space Agency’s Ariel space mission and featured at the NeurIPS 2024 machine learning conference, will tackle one of astronomy’s most complex and important data […]
Posted inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exploration Gear & Tech, Fossils & Paleontology, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Sample Return
NASA Trains Machine Learning Algorithm for Mars Sample Analysis
When a robotic rover lands on another world, scientists have a limited amount of time to collect data from the troves of explorable material, because of short mission durations and […]
Posted inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Away Teams & Field Reports, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exploration Gear & Tech, Fossils & Paleontology, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Missions & Hardware, Nomenclature, Systematics, Natural History, Press Release, Tricorders & Sensors
Tricorder Tech: A Novel AI Algorithm For Analyzing Microfossils
Editor’s note: the two large rovers NASA has in operation on Mars utilize AI – or Machine Learning – both on Earth and in some cases inside a rover itself […]
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NASA-IBM Collaboration Develops INDUS Large Language Models for Advanced Science Research
Collaborations with private, non-federal partners through Space Act Agreements are a key component in the work done by NASA’s Interagency Implementation and Advanced Concepts Team (IMPACT). A collaboration with International […]