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NASA asks volunteers to clean up Euclid telescope data for AI training

The Artifact InSPECtor project invites the public to identify spurious signals in real space telescope data, with the goal of improving the AI tools that remove them.

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NASA's Artifact InSPECtor project is recruiting volunteers of all ages to examine real data from the Euclid space telescope and flag artifacts, aiming to sharpen the AI tools that strip those spurious signals from the images.[1] The Euclid observatory, built by ESA with critical NASA contributions, collects light from millions of distant galaxies.[3] Volunteers will look at actual telescope data and mark the glitches, streaks and other unwanted signals that can confuse automated analysis. The project will later add data from NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a complementary observatory that will capture a similar number of galaxies at different distances and densities, starting in early 2027.[2] The $4.3-billion Roman telescope, built primarily at Goddard, launched in late August and is cruising to an orbit about one million miles from Earth, expected to deliver cosmic imagery by the end of the year.[4] A separate NASA program, the Coronagraph Community Participation Program, has already organized seven competitively selected U.S.-based teams plus international partners from ESA, JAXA, CNES and the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy to prepare for Roman's Coronagraph Instrument demonstrations.[5][7]
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  1. NASA's Artifact InSPECtor project invites volunteers of all ages to examine real space telescope data from the Euclid observatory and identify artifacts, with the goal of improving the AI tools that remove these spurious signals. · Astrobiology
  2. NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a complementary observatory slated to begin science operations, will capture a similar number of galaxies at different distances and densities, and Artifact InSPECtor will add its data starting in early 2027. · Astrobiology
  3. The Euclid space telescope, built by ESA (European Space Agency) with critical contributions from NASA, collects light from millions of distant galaxies across the universe. · Astrobiology
  4. The $4.3-billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, built primarily at Goddard, launched successfully in late August and is cruising to an orbit about one million miles from Earth, expected to deliver cosmic imagery by the end of the year. · Scientific American
  5. NASA created the Coronagraph Community Participation Program (CPP) to prepare for and execute Coronagraph Instrument technology demonstration observations during the operational phase of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. · Astrobiology
  6. The paper authored by Dmitry Savransky and 59 co-authors presents the current status of the CPP and its working groups and outlines plans for CPP activities up to the Roman Space Telescope's launch. · Astrobiology
  7. The CPP consists of seven competitively selected small U.S.-based teams, members of the Roman Project Team, and international partner teams from ESA, JAXA, CNES, and the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy. · Astrobiology
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