Why does the telescope you are building need so much data?

Question: Why does the telescope you are building need so much data?
- Keywords:
  data,
  research,
  telescope
Asked by Abi to Anna on 17 Nov 2014.
- Anna Scaife answered on 17 Nov 2014:
  
  Hey Abi – building telescopes is all about extracting as much information as possible about the Universe. The amount of data we’ll be using is not how much we need – it’s how much we can get! Even with this huge amount of data we’re still only scratching the surface of understanding how the Universe works…

Question: Why does the telescope you are building need so much data?