To decode mysteries of Mars, scientists are turning to machine learning

A rusty red orange orb hangs in black. craters and canyons scar its surface.

Scientists are turning to machine learning to help with off-world sample analysis.

"This machine learning algorithm can help us by quickly filtering the data and pointing out which data are likely to be the most interesting or important for us to examine," said Xiang "Shawn" Li, a mass spectrometry scientist in the Planetary Environments lab at NASA Goddard.