Dataset
Science Data Archives & Standards Dataset
The archives that hold astronomy's data — MAST, the ESA archives, IRSA, HEASARC, NED, CDS with SIMBAD and VizieR — and the data standards astronomy is built on: FITS, VOTable, and ASDF.
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- Version
- 1.0.0
- Entities
- 13
- Last generated
- 2026-06-29
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Checksum
- — (published at release)
Sample (13 of 13)
| Name | Type | ID |
|---|---|---|
| ALMA Science Archive | Data archive | data_archive:alma-archive |
| ASDF | Data standard | data_standard:asdf |
| CDS | Data archive | data_archive:cds |
| ESA Science Archives | Data archive | data_archive:esa-science-archives |
| ESO Science Archive | Data archive | data_archive:eso-archive |
| FITS | Data standard | data_standard:fits |
| HEASARC | Data archive | data_archive:heasarc |
| IRSA | Data archive | data_archive:irsa |
| MAST | Data archive | data_archive:mast |
| NED | Data archive | data_archive:ned |
| SIMBAD | Data archive | data_archive:simbad |
| VizieR | Data archive | data_archive:vizier |
| VOTable | Data standard | data_standard:votable |
Source references
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.
- ESAEuropean Space Agency
European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.
- ESOEuropean Southern Observatory
Southern-hemisphere observatory data and imagery (VLT, ALMA partner).