# \[Interview+\] How Vera Rubin's Insane Data Pipeline Works

An episode of [Universe Today Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794058155), 15 Mar 2026, 24 min.

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How does Vera Rubin's data stream work? Why are there data brokers and what's their function? Who can use the data and how you can do that? How will the discoveries be made and who will have naming rights? Finding the answers in this interview. Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VKrpJODdEM0 🟣 Guest: Dr. Tom Matheson https://antares.noirlab.edu/ • 00:00 Intro • 01:34 How Rubin's data pipeline works • 04:41 Data brokers • 08:45 Who can access the data • 10:02 How discoveries will work • 15:55 How can one tap in the data • 21:46 Final thoughts

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