SCaN collects various types of data from space. Data can be a collection of facts, numbers, measurements or observations. SCaN uses satellites and antennas to send data to and from space.
SCaN supports over 100 NASA and non-NASA missions. That means data is being collected from the Sun, all its planets and their moons, and objects (or perhaps, bodies) far beyond our solar system, to learn more about them and about the origin of the universe.