NASA AI model could help world prepare for impact of solar storms

NASA shared a video taken by its Solar Dynamic Observatory showing dark patches on the sun, giving the illusion of a smile. NASA said Thursday that a new computer model that combines artificial intelligence and agency satellite data could help prepare for dangerous space weather. The model, called DAGGER (Deep Learning Geomagnetic Perturbation), uses the technical tool to analyze spacecraft measurements of the solar wind and forecast where an impending solar storm will strike on Earth – with 30 minutes of advance warning. An international team of researchers at the Frontier Development Lab said the model can produce predictions in less than a second, with predictions updating every minute. The lab is a partnership that includes NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey and the Department of Energy.