On a mountaintop in northern Chile, the world’s largest digital camera is preparing to power up. Its mission is simple yet ambitious — to photograph the entire night sky in extreme detail and unlock ...

TUCSON, Ariz (KGUN) — The most powerful space telescope ever made is coming into sharp focus through a camera designed by the University of Arizona. The James Webb Space Telescope is the product of ...

If you've ever tried to take a photo of the moon and stars, you know that astrophotography is incredibly challenging. Although there are tips and tricks for taking astrophotos on your cell phone, to ...

Observing the night sky through a telescope is one of life’s great joys, and a wonderful way to learn about space and the universe beyond our planet. But perhaps even better is sharing that experience ...

On a mountaintop at the edge of the Atacama Desert in Chile, the world’s newest telescope is poised to begin a revolutionary survey of the southern hemisphere’s observable universe, one that promises ...

The 3.2-billion-pixel LSST Camera will collect 15 terabytes of data on the southern sky each night. Reading time: Reading time 4 minutes Nine years and 3.2 billion pixels later, it is complete: the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A major milestone with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has been reached with the installation of ...

Technicians are putting the final touches on the world's largest digital camera at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The camera will be sent to Chile and installed on a telescope in the Andes.

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