AI discovers new craters on Mars in just five seconds

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Sometimes, the work that scientists at NASA do resembles the game where you need to find the elements that differ in the two seemingly identical photos. Such is the work of those analyzing photos of Mars and looking for craters.

It turns out that artificial intelligence can greatly speed up this process. In fact, it can find the target eight times faster than an average task completion time performed by NASA staff.

Studying craters is important because it helps us date these features on the surface and provide better understanding of the evolution of the planet.

Key Takeaways:

In the past, scientists discovered new craters on Mars through the time-consuming process of comparing photos.
Using powerful computers, AI can perform the same task in a manner of seconds.
One planetary scientist said it’s exciting to think of all the things machine learning can do with large data sets.

“By studying the characteristics of the craters whose ages they do know, the scientists can then estimate the ages of older ones.”

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