QA: How AI changes NASA's search for life in outer space
Jan 21, 2026
Alicja Ostrowska's doctoral thesis "Life and AI at NASA" examines how artificial intelligence is transforming the way science is conducted within some of the world's most ambitious space projects. The study investigates how AI is used in NASA's missions exploring the conditions for present or past l
ife on other planets and moons and what this means for how knowledge is produced. The research is based on fieldwork with scientists and engineers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. ...read more read less