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

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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).

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