Artificial intelligence and the Internet are changing the way to make science also in the field of astronomy.

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Artificial intelligence and the Internet are changing the way to make science also in the field of astronomy.

Outsourcing computing would revolutionize astronomy. In this case, outsourcing means that the data is processed other place than in observatory. The collected data is sending over the Internet to the supercomputers, what are analyzing three data, and search for interesting things about that data. The thing is that even we don't normally think about this kind of things the artificial intelligence can search non-stop the data, what is collected from the space, and then that system can alarm immediately if it sees the abnormalities in the dataflow.

But those computers are extremely sharp, and they ever get tired, and they also can analyze the long term records and archives for finding the unnatural- or otherwise interesting changes and cycles in records of data, what is collected from the space. When we are thinking about the Internet, it allows connecting multiple telescopes, what is operating in different areas of the electromagnetic spectrum. That makes possible to observe targets by connecting optical, infrared and other wavelengths.

One of the greatest advantages for science is The Internet allows to connect also space telescopes what are observing gamma- and X-ray frequencies as well with the spaceborne radiotelescopes, what can observe radio frequencies what are filtered by the atmosphere. There are ideas to create very large radio telescopes in the area behind the Moon. In the space, nothing limits the size of structures.

And this thing allows creating a new type of radio telescopes, which can be very lightweight but at the same time extremely powerful. The idea is to connect two small rockets to the Agena stage or other satellites by using very thin metal wires. Then those rockets start to orbit the satellite, and that would make that metal wire rotate extremely fast.

That makes possible to create the extreme large radio antenna what can collect very weak radio signals. When we are thinking about that system, the radio waves, what are captured or observed by that system can send straight to the Earth. And that allows the system might need only the digital amplifier, and then the signal processing would happen in the supercomputer center.

Maybe those things are looking like meanless, but that thing makes possible to keep the orbiting device cheap. The thing is that the device, what would send to space need only the digital amplifier, and the system that would send the data to Earth for analyzing. That allows using those supercomputers also for other purposes, which will decrease the price of the program.

Because of the computers must not buy separately for that program, that makes easier to get funding for that kind of system, and this kind of technology allows to scan multiple radio frequencies in the same time. These kinds of systems that collect data from multiple radio antennas and optical telescopes, and combine those observations could maybe someday find the Earth-like planets and even another civilizations from some distant planets.

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