GPU and Space: Next‑Generation Telescopes Bring Astronomy into AI

Colleagues, an update from AI and space-data: NASA moved the Nancy Grace Roman launch to Sept 2026 — eight months earlier. The telescope promises ~20,000 TB over the mission.

- Webb: ~57 GB/day; Rubin: expected ~20 TB/night; Hubble: 1–2 GB/day.
- Brant Robertson (UC Santa Cruz) and the Morpheus model are shifting from CNNs to transformers to scale galaxy searches.
- Universities are expanding GPU capacity but face resource shortages and NSF budget pressures.

Why it matters: discoveries hinge on access to compute.

Which is more efficient for science — national clusters or cloud GPUs?

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