Key facts
- A China-led team has created an AI system to detect space hurricanes.
- Space hurricanes are atmospheric phenomena that disrupt satellite signals, radar, and radio communications.
- The AI system analyzes ultraviolet images to identify these phenomena.
- This technology is intended to analyze data from a new China-Europe satellite.
- China has also developed an AI-powered airborne radar system that can maintain tracking accuracy under electronic jamming.
A China-led research team has developed a new artificial intelligence system designed to automatically detect and pinpoint space hurricanes, phenomena occurring in Earth's upper atmosphere that can interfere with satellite signals, radar, and radio communications. The system analyzes ultraviolet images and is expected to aid in processing data from a recently launched China-Europe satellite.
Space hurricanes, characterized by massive, spinning auroras near Earth's magnetic poles, are a recently discovered space weather event. Their detection has historically relied on manual analysis of satellite imagery, a process the new AI system aims to streamline.