Name: What's the next window into our universe?
Uploaded: 2014-09-16T15:08:07Z
Duration: 17 min 30 s
Description: Big Data is everywhere — even the skies. In an informative talk, astronomer Andrew Connolly shows how large amounts of data are being collected about our universe, recording it in its ever-changing moods. Just how do scientists capture so many images at scale? It starts with a giant telescope ...

Big Data is everywhere — even the skies. In an informative talk, astronomer Andrew Connolly shows how large amounts of data are being collected about our universe, recording it in its ever-changing moods. Just how do scientists capture so many images at scale? It starts with a giant telescope ...

Andrew Connolly: What's the next window into our universe?

What's the next window into our universe?

In a single night, the LSST will discover more supernovae than were used to unveil the universe's accelerating expansion.

Astronomer reveals how time as a cosmic dimension could unlock secrets of the universe, from solar system origins to dark energy.

With billions of galaxies awaiting study, the LSST's data flood may transform our cosmic understanding, posing new, unknown questions.