If your AI seems smarter, it’s thanks to smarter human trainers
By Supantha Mukherjee and Anna Tong STOCKHOLM/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – In the early years, getting AI models like ChatGPT or its rival Cohere to spit out human-like responses required vast…
Europe’s Jupiter probe to stage daring lunar-Earth fly-by
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) – European scientists were poised to attempt a first in orbital gymnastics late on Monday, tapping into the gravity of the Moon and then the…
Asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs originated beyond Jupiter
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It was a turning point in the history of life on Earth. An asteroid an estimated 6-9 miles (10-15 km) wide slammed into Mexico’s…
Scientists propose warming up Mars by using heat-trapping ‘glitter’
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The idea of transforming Mars into a world more hospitable to human habitation is a regular feature of science fiction. But could this be…
Meteorite impacts identified as driver of moon’s tenuous atmosphere
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON Reuters) – The NASA astronauts who became the first people to land on the moon’s surface in the 1960s and 1970s also discovered a previously unknown…
NASA images unlock complex history of two near-Earth asteroids
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the moments before NASA’s DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos in a landmark planetary defense test in 2022, it took high-resolution images…
Explainer video: how space telescopes work
Have you ever gazed at the night sky and wondered about the vastness beyond those twinkling stars? Space telescopes are our powerful tools that help unravel the mysteries of the…
NASA releases Webb telescope images of a galactic merger
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA released on Friday a pair of images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope showing two galaxies – one nicknamed the Penguin and…
Rotten eggs chemical detected on Jupiter-like alien planet
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The planet known as HD 189733b, discovered in 2005, already had a reputation as a rather extreme place, a scorching hot gas giant a…
Celebrate Asteroid Day: a journey through space and awareness
Every year on June 30th, the world unites to observe Asteroid Day, a United Nations-sanctioned event dedicated to raising public awareness about the risks and opportunities associated with asteroids. This day…