World to be warned 30 minutes before exposure to ‘killer’ solar storm

In late March, the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced its development. DAGGER, A new computational model combining data from satellites and artificial intelligence (AI) to predict ‘killing’ solar storms anywhere in the world. The system will send a notification to scientists 30 minutes before the storm hits Earth.

Researchers claim that AI can make global predictions quickly and accurately; for notifications will be sent 30 minutes in advance if solar storms are detected. That way, governments will have some time to prepare so they can avoid major impacts on power grids and other types of infrastructure.

NASA uses several satellites to perform observations such as ACE, Wind, IMP-8, Geotail models, among others. From this data, they began training the AI ​​with a deep learning model that predicts the gravity and direction of a solar storm in less than a second, with predictions made every minute.

“Based on this, they developed a computer model called DAGGER (formally Deep Learning Geomagnetic Perturbation) that can quickly and accurately predict geomagnetic perturbations on Earth 30 minutes before they occur,” according to the team. the model can generate predictions in less than a second and the predictions are updated every minute” was published in an official NASA statement.

Artificial intelligence predicting solar storms

The sun continually hurls solar material into space in an event known as solar winds, but in some cases this flow can reach Earth’s magnetosphere and trigger geomagnetic storms. These storms can cause destruction of artificial satellites, interference to telecommunications and telephone services, power outages, and damage to household appliances, among other problems.

The model, called DAGGER, can make rapid predictions on the Earth’s surface and is released on an open-source platform, allowing telecom and utility companies around the world to integrate artificial intelligence into their systems.

Other AI prediction models are used to make predictions at specific locations on our planet. DAGGER is considered the first system to perform rapid analysis with measurements of space and the entire Earth in near real time..

The developers believe that DAGGER could inspire the development of other similar models and, who knows, maybe one day offer greater security at power stations and international satellite control centers with the installation of alarms activated before solar storms.