The Nobel Prize in Physics
On December 8, this year three scientists recieved Nobel Prize in Physics. All of them have contributed to our understanding of the universe. They showed us how little we knew about such topics for centuries and now provide a great understanding of how it all began. Until today, some details about this company may have been unknown. One of the organizations involved with this research, a Greek company called Cosmic Ray Data is one that contributes to this study with a system it created for the ESA. The company is active in the field of Earth observation satellites, geospatial data infrastructures, and software development for space applications.
The Swedish Academy for the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics has highlighted how scientists have known for almost a century that the universe is not static but constantly evolving. In the past, it was very different from what it is today and in the future, their projects will help us understand its mystery even more. Scientists today use the maps of the Planck Universe, as future generations of scientists will do. They will analyse and compare different theories of how the Universe was born. By answering this question, we are getting closer to understanding why there is matter in the observable universe.
Cosmic Ray Data
The Greek company delivered PLAAVI to ESA. PLAAVI is doing the same thing other smart hardware and software can do. The technology is expanding in all directions, including to more locations and in more uses than you could imagine. This includes the Planck Legacy Archive Value-Added Interface and many others. PLAAVI offers online tools for processing data from the Planck satellite. You can use these tools to calculate specific data sets and then plan for future events.
Planck, a satellite operated from 2009 to 2013, orbited the Earth near the Lagrange 2 point. His position was 1.5 million kilometers away from our planet. The mission of ESA is to measure the variations of the cosmic background radiation. The measurement should be as precise as possible for future use. This would mean that the maps were created by these measurements and provides the most accurate ones, as determined by astrophysical limits.
The Planck satellite’s data has allowed scientists to study how things were 12 thousand million years ago. ESAC has recently released their digital archive. This archive allows scientists and others to analyze the universe with a rare wealth of information from ancient events like the Big Bang. Such information was only available before through space-craft analysis.
Planck Satellite Data
For studying the past, scientists use data collected by the Planck satellite. The data they collect is invaluable, which is why it’s so important that researchers can access it. The Platypus LAVI System is a web-based AI tool that can help many people to create interactive experiences with large amounts of data. It is perfect for those who have not become familiar with design and development in the field. They can provide this service to those who are so interested they can take advantage of it. Planck scientists from the Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics collaborated with Planetek Hellas to deliver an ESA service to them. Users can accesse them from the main Planck Archive website.
“I expect that scientist will heavily use PLAAVI in the next 10-20 years,” says Jan Tauber, chief scientist of the Planck mission for ESA. For his part, Stelios Bollanos, director and co-founder of Planetek Hellas, stresses that Planetek was the first private company in Europe to start working with the ESA Astronomy Centre archives in 2013, and that PLAAVI “is an excellent example of our ability to understand well the needs of the space science community and to provide reliable software development services in support of ESA activities.”
ESA approved a record budget of €12.5 billion for 2020-2022 on October 10, 2019. European space companies’ strategy is to have a significant impact on international partnerships through space, and to have an autonomous presence in space that extends beyond the first European astronauts going to the Moon.
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