In 2010, the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) was fired up and pointed towards the heavens. Equipped with the biggest astronomical camera in the world, with a resolution of 1.4 gigapixels, Pan-STARRS1 scanned the sky many times over four years, in different wavelengths of light. Over that time it gathered a colossal 2 petabytes of data, and now the scientists behind the project are making all of it available to the public.
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Category: Space
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- Astronomy
- Planet
- Stars
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- Asteroid
- Universe
- Near Earth object
- University of Hawaii
- Year-long Mars mission simulation comes to an end
- One year Mars mission simulation underway in Hawaii
- Galactic supercluster identified as home to our Milky Way
- Astronomers find exoplanet floating through interstellar space
- One Big Question: What were the biggest surprises from living in a simulated Martian habitat for a full year?
- Scientists create green-glowing piglets
