July 24 - How to Spot Deepfakes

[EarthSkyNewsLogo]( July 24 How to Spot Deepfakes by: [FaceBookShare]( [TwitterShare]( [color-instagram-96.png]( [color-link-96.png]( [Edit Block](#) [Duplicate Block](#) [Delete Block](#) Which of these images is AI-generated? To learn how to spot a deepfake, [c]( in to read]( ... or [watch a video](. [Spot a fake, AI-generated image by looking at the eyes]( Since the advent of AIs, anyone can make deepfake images. How can you tell what's real and not real? When it comes to images of people, we might be able to tell by looking into the eyes. Research in astronomy suggests that AI-generated fakes can be spotted by analyzing human eyes [in the same way that astronomers study pictures of galaxies](. [Nearly extinct Siamese crocodiles hatch in the wild]( Last month, in the Cardamom Mountains of Cambodia, 60 Siamese crocodiles, from 5 nests, successfully hatched in the wild. It's a significant boost for a critically endangered species. [Read more about the Siamese crocodiles](. [New dog-sized burrowing dinosaur discovered in Utah]( Some 99 million years ago, a dog-sized dinosaur retreated to its burrow in a large floodplain between an inland ocean and volcanoes in what is now Utah. Many ages later, scientists began uncovering it bones, along with more fossils of the same species. And, early this month, the researchers said this newly discovered species of dinosaur – Fona herzogae – spent at least [part of its life below ground in burrows](. [Eternal sunrises, sunsets viewed on distant exoplanet]( Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have finally confirmed what models have previously predicted: An exoplanet has differences between its eternal morning and eternal evening atmosphere. WASP-39b has a diameter 1.3 times greater than Jupiter. It orbits a star about [700 light-years]( from Earth. And it's tidally locked to its parent star. This means it has a constant dayside and a constant nightside, [and a globe-encircling strip of permanent twilight](. [This week’s fav photos]( Last week, @rolsonn commented: “Stunning photos!” We think so, too. [Here’s the video with this week’s editor’s picks]( of images from our talented global community. [EarthSky is a clear voice for science on YouTube ...]( Did you miss [Monday's LIVESTREAM]( It was a fascinating glimpse into the world of science! Astronomer [Jean-Luc Margot]( from Brussels explained why we might need a new definition for the word planet. If you haven’t yet joined our YouTube community, we invite you to watch and [subscribe to our channel today]( [Tomorrow morning ... Moon and Saturn]( Tomorrow morning, the [waning gibbous]( moon will float near Saturn. The bright star [Fomalhaut]( will shine nearby. For more sky events, [visit EarthSky’s night sky guide](. [New hottest day, in a record-breaking 12 months]( [@ErwanRivault]( is a Dataviz designer [@BBCNews](. He posted this chart - based on the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) data - on X. The blocks in the heat map show the temperature anomaly, in contrast to 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels, for each month since 1970. Where they are black, the month breached 1.5C. Preliminary data from C3S show that July 21, 2024, now holds the new record for hottest day on Earth ... but, if the current trend holds, it probably won't for long. [Read about Earth's new hottest day](. [Submit your photo to EarthSky here!]( Subscribe & Support Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? [Click here to get your own subscription](. Want to help support EarthSky? Forward this email to a friend. Share our content via your social media. Consider a [donation](. Or go [shopping at the EarthSky Store](. Thank you for your support! by: [Like us on Facebook]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Website]( [Edit Block](#) [Duplicate Block](#) [Delete Block](#) [update your profile]( | [unsubscribe](