2026-07-26 17:02 UTC
The largest digital camera ever built has started filming a 10 year movie of the universe. From a mountaintop in Chile, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s 3,200-megapixel camera is now photographing the entire southern sky every few nights, producing roughly ten terabytes of data per night. The goal is an ultra-wide, ultra-high-definition time-lapse of the cosmos: pulsating stars, supernova explosions, asteroid orbits, & clues to dark energy and dark matter https://rubinobservatory.org/explore/how-rubin-works/technology/data
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@Princejvstin@wandering.shop 2026-07-26 22:57
@adapalmer@wandering.shop coolness
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@FaithfullJohn@mastodon.scot 2026-07-28 19:56
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