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 ...

The world's largest digital camera is nearly complete. Scientists expect exciting discoveries once the 3.2 billion-pixel camera is paired with its telescope. NPR's science correspondent Joe Palca ...

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 ...

Tony Tyson’s cameras revealed the universe’s dark contents. Now, with the Rubin Observatory’s 3.2-billion-pixel camera, he’s ready to study dark matter and dark energy in unprecedented detail. On June ...

After more than two decades of planning and building, the world's largest digital camera at the heart of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory on the summit of Cerro Pachón in Chile has snapped its first ...

With a 3,200-megapixel LSST camera, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will create the "greatest movie of all time and the most informative map of the night sky ever assembled." When you purchase through ...

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 ...

Standing at 1.65 metres tall, the world’s largest digital camera has been unveiled at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California. The LSST Camera works like any other digital camera, but it is ...

The iconic Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is back online after entering "safe mode" following a "software error." NASA announced operations had resumed late last week ...