With the help of Google Cloud, scientists churned through hundreds of thousands of images of the night sky to reveal that the solar system is filled with unseen objects.
An algorithm and cloud computing identified overlooked space rocks. Most, in green, are in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, but other items in orange share Jupiter’s orbit, and items in light blue are closer to Earth.
With the help of Google Cloud, scientists churned through hundreds of thousands of images of the night sky to reveal that the solar system is filled with unseen objects.
An algorithm and cloud computing identified overlooked space rocks. Most, in green, are in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, but other items in orange share Jupiter’s orbit, and items in light blue are closer to Earth.
An artist’s conception of multiple robotic vehicles teaming up to return samples of rocks and soil, collected from the Martian surface by NASA's Mars Perseverance rover, to earth.
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