On a high mountaintop in northern Chile, an incredible new telescope is almost ready to begin its journey into the night sky. Named the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, this telescope is set to change our understanding of the universe by taking pictures of the night sky in stunning detail.
The Camera of the Future
At the heart of this observatory is the world's largest digital camera, which has a mind-blowing resolution of 3,200 megapixels. To put that into perspective, that’s about the same number of pixels as 300 smartphones combined! Each photograph it takes will cover an area of the sky as large as 40 full moons. That’s a lot of space to explore!
Taken by drone, this image shows the Vera C. Rubin Observatory under construction. - Olivier Bonin/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Every three nights, the telescope will take pictures of the entire visible sky. It aims to capture thousands of images that will help astronomers spot anything that moves or changes brightness. ...
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