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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Vishwam Sankaran

First-of-its-kind AI can predict violent solar flares hours before they erupt, scientists say

A first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence system built by Nasa in collaboration with IBM can predict violent solar storms threatening satellites and power grids two hours before they erupt from the Sun, scientists say.

The AI system, named Surya Heliophysics Foundational Model, was trained on nearly a decade of observations from Nasa’s Solar Dynamics Observatory.

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