NASA Unveils a Cluster of Mars Craters Discovered by AI

A team of planetary scientists and AI researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California tapped artificial intelligence to identify fresh craters on Mars. The High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spotted the craters. AI technology first discovered the craters in images taken the orbiter's Context Camera, then scientists followed up with the HiRISE image to confirm the craters. The accomplishment offers hope for both saving times and accelerating the volume of findings, as noted by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. According to the laboratory, scientists typically spend hours each day studying images captured by NASA's MRO, looking for changing surface phenomena like dust devils, avalanches, and shifting dunes.