@rowancheung: NASA and IBM just gave the Moon its own AI model. Trained on roughly two million image tiles and other lunar measurements, it can help researchers map craters, study volcanic features, and estimate where water ice could survive. That ice could someday supply astronauts with drinking water, oxygen, and rocket fuel. In an ice-prediction test, the model reduced prediction error by about 22 percent compared with the strongest baseline. It hasn’t confirmed new ice deposits, but could help narrow the search. The model is publicly available, giving researchers worldwide a tool to investigate the Moon and inform future lunar exploration.

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Tuesday 06 October 2026 18:18:19 GMT