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NASA and IBM launch open-source AI model to find lunar water ice

The NASA-IBM Lunar Foundation Model, announced Sept. 10, 2026, predicts where water ice may be buried in the Moon's permanently shadowed polar craters.

Luisa Marconi
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NASA and IBM Research announced the launch of the open-source NASA-IBM Lunar Foundation Model on September 10, 2026, an artificial intelligence system trained to predict where water ice is buried in the Moon's permanently shadowed polar craters.[2][4]