AI Uncovers Hidden Lunar Caves: The Future of Moon Settlements?

A team of researchers trained an AI system to detect cave entrances on the Moon. These lunar pits, known as skylights, often result from the collapsed ceilings of lava tubes, offering potential access to these underground structures from the surface.

Pits and skylights hold particular interest on the Moon, as they could serve as sites for human settlements.

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Sources:

Icarus Study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103525002222

Moon Diver: Exploring a pit’s exposed strata to understand
lunar volcanism: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576523002837

Thermal and Illumination Environments of Lunar Pits and Caves: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GL099710

Firefly Aerospace Ocula: https://fireflyspace.com/ocula/