Tag AI in astronomy

NASA’s New AI Can Predict Solar Storms Before They Hit

Stunning display of the Northern Lights above snowy mountains and ocean in Lofoten, Norway.

What if we could predict a solar storm before it knocks out your internet, scrambles satellites, or disrupts power grids? Thanks to a powerful new collaboration between NASA and IBM, that future is no longer science fiction. Meet Surya—an open-source…

New AI View of the Milky Way’s Black Hole

black hole galaxy

Astronomers have long strived to image Sagittarius A*—the supermassive black hole at our galaxy’s core—but noisy, sparse radio data from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) left key details blurred. Now, teams are applying machine learning to sharpen those first-of-their-kind images…

Discover the New AI Hallucinations Problem in Science

Woman having hallucinations

Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing science, from drug discovery to climate modeling. But a troubling issue, known as AI hallucinations, is gaining attention. These hallucinations occur when AI produces outputs that sound plausible but are factually incorrect, posing risks to…