The Ariel Data Challenge 2023, which kicked off on April 14, could help direct AI in assisting the European Space Agency’s future (ESA) Ariel telescope in its mission and help us better understand Earth’s place in the universe.

Last week, NASA released a new crowdsourcing competition to build out a virtual reality Mars simulator. The agency would be able to use the simulator to prepare astronauts for the various scenarios they may encounter on a mission to the Red Planet.