Google Sky (Reblog)

Apparently Google is going to be helping out with the data that will one day be gathered by the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). They'll provide storage and design tools to search 30 terabytes of information on the hemisphere of our cosmos visible from Cerro Pachón in northern Chile. From half of the cosmos to tiny near-Earth objects, look for Google Sky to kick off sometime after the telescope is completed circa 2014.