Space Daily·2 min read·medium
In June 2025, on a Chilean mountaintop, scientists switched on the largest digital camera ever built — named for the astronomer who found the first convincing evidence for dark matter — at the start o
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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has officially activated the world's largest digital camera. This massive 3,200-megapixel instrument is designed to capture unprecedented images of the night sky to advance astronomical research.
The camera is about the size of a small car and holds 3,200 megapixels across 189 sensors. On 23 June 2025, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory used it to unveil its first images of the sky, taken from the summit of Cerro Pachón in Chile at an altitude of ... [5554 chars]
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