“Scientists use big data for everything from predicting weather on Earth to monitoring ice caps on Mars to searching for distant galaxies.”
“We are keepers of data, and users are astronomers and scientists who need images, mosaics, maps and movies to find patterns and verify theories.”
~ Eric De Jong, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and principal investigator for NASA’s Solar System Visualization project
NASA is faced in trying to process constant flood of data streaming in from simple Voyager probe signal emanating from outside our Solar System to hi-res images being downloaded from orbiting telescopes.
The center, which archives data from number of NASA astronomy missions, allows users to access data all at once, enabling search for large-scale patterns.
