The Multimodal Universe: 100 TB of Machine Learning Ready Astronomical Data
Abstract We present the Multimodal Universe , a new framework collating over 100 TB of multimodal astronomical data for its first release, spanning images, spectra, time series, tabular and hyper-spectral data. This unified collection enables a wide variety of machine learning (ML) applications and research across astronomical domains. The dataset brings together observations from multiple surveys, facilities, and wavelength regimes, providing standardized access to diverse data types. By providing uniform access to this diverse data, the Multimodal Universe aims to accelerate the development of ML methods for observational astronomy that can work across the large differences in astronomical datasets. The framework is actively supported and is designed to be extended whilst enforcing minimal self consistent conventions making contributing data as simple and practical as possible.
Authors
- Erin E. Hayes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3847-0780)
- Micah Bowles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5838-8405)
- François Lanusse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7956-0542)
- Lucas Meyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5386-5997)
- Eirini Angeloudi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9769-0388)
- Kaisey S. Mandel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9846-4417)
- Jeff Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6662-7306)
- Liam Parker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4952-1674)
- Helen Qu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1899-9791)
- Benjamin M. Boyd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0622-1117)
- Matthew Grayling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6741-983X)
- Brian Cherinka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4289-7923)
- M. Jabłońska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6962-4979)
- Jeroen Audenaert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4371-3460)
- Aaron Do (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3429-7845)
- Kartheik G. Iyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9298-3523)
- P. Melchior (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8873-5065)
- Michael J. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0220-5125)
- Mike Walmsley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6408-4181)
- John F. Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5077-881X)
- Henry Leung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0036-2752)
- Miles Cranmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6458-3423)
- Juan Rafael Martínez-Galarza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5069-0324)
- Shirley S. Ho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1079-103X)
- Ioana Ciucă (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6823-5453)
- Tom Hehir
- David Chemaly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4503-3071)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Research Notes of the AAS
- Published
- 2024-12-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/ad9a63
- Primary Topic
- Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00