NASA and IBM are launching Surya Surya, the world’s first artificial intelligence system developed to forecast solar storms in real-time and provide space weather warnings. This is an enormous improvement in the protection of power grids, satellites, as well as communications networks from negative effects of solar energy.
Surya Combines NASA’s huge collection of solar observations and IBM’s sophisticated AI models to study the sunspot pattern, flares and coronal mass exospheric ejections. Through the detection of early warning signs within the behavior of the sun it aims to anticipate solar storms using astonishing efficiency and accuracy.
Solar storms, driven by bursts of charged particles from the Sun, can wreak havoc on modern infrastructure–disrupting GPS, causing radio blackouts, and even triggering power outages on Earth. The ability to predict such incidents has been restricted due to slow processing of data and insufficient models.
By deploying real-time alarms, Surya is anticipated to provide satellite operators airline companies, utilities, and satellites crucial lead times to safeguard crucial infrastructures. Experts believe this will significantly decrease economic losses, and also avoid catastrophic failures of the global energy and communications systems.
Surya’s launch Surya is happening when solar activity is accelerating prior to the Sun’s upcoming maximum in its 11-year cycle scheduled for 2025-2026. For both policymakers and scientists The project provides the most effective demonstration of the way AI is a powerful tool that can be used not only for the benefit of business as well as for the sake of ensuring resilience to our planet.
