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Astroinformatics

Big-Data Astronomy

Modern surveys have turned astronomy into a data-intensive science. Gaia charts over a billion stars, the Rubin Observatory's LSST will image the whole southern sky every few nights, and the Square Kilometre Array will generate data faster than any prior instrument — forcing new ways to store, move, and analyse information at petabyte scale.

Highlights

  • Astronomy in the petabyte era

Across astroinformatics

Knowledge connections

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

  • NSF NOIRLabNSF National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory

    Ground-based optical/infrared observatory data and imagery.