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The largest digital camera ever built begins decade-long survey of the universe
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, housing the largest digital camera ever built, has begun a decade-long survey of the southern sky from a Chilean mountaintop. The project aims to map billions of stars and galaxies, study dark matter and dark energy, and capture repeated images to detect faint celestial objects.
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