Data Makes Possible

The first-ever image of a supermassive black hole needed approximately 4.5 petabytes of astronomy data. Researchers connected a series of highly-sophisticated telescopes around the world to create one virtual, Earth-sized telescope.

By Jason D. Batt Recently, I attended the 70th International Astronautical Congress (IAC)— an event that brought commercial, non-profit, and governmental efforts together to focus on space data, exploration, and technologies. In alignment with the 50th anniversary of the lunar landing mission, the 70th IAC was hosted this past October...

* Guest post by the Western Digital team (Digital Analytics Office, Strategic Applications, and Logistics Center of Excellence) Global supply chains are reaching new levels of scale and complexity, with customer requirements rapidly evolving. This makes a one-size-fits-all fulfillment model at best, inefficient, and at worst, downright confusing. Instead, we...

Learn how a computer programming principle can be applied to data science modeling using machine learning algorithms.

To map Earth's atmosphere, satellite data must be carefully collected, processed, and archived. We cover its journey from outer space to the ground.

Engineers and environmentalists at a Boston-based company have been working since 2015 to tackle the challenges of efficiency and sustainability plaguing data centers today.