This has been called the golden age of astronomy, and there’s a new telescope on the block — or, more precisely, on top of a mountain in Chile. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, funded by ...

Housed inside the Vera C. Rubin Observatory — a new telescope nearing completion on Cerro Pachón, a 2,682-meter (8,800-feet) tall mountain about 300 miles (482 kilometers) north of the Chilean ...

Major telescope hosts world’s largest digital camera: how it will transform astronomy Massive telescope will map the Universe and provide an evolving record of the Solar System and distant stars. By ...

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.

The telescope will catalogue billions of new objects and produce a new map of the entire night sky every three days with the largest digital camera ever made. High atop Chile’s 2,700-meter Cerro ...

New telescope will seek out the mystery of dark matter Astronomers searching for dark matter in gaps between stars anticipate upcoming images of the Andromeda galaxy may hold vital clues. By ...

UW astronomers help power up telescope featuring world’s largest digital camera to map the night sky. By Sheraz Sadiq (OPB) June 23, 2025 1 p.m. Broadcast: Monday, June 23.

Some of the tools and processes Raytheon developed for the telescope, she continues, “can copy-paste to other programs.” And in that way, the JWST digital twin will probably have twins of its own.

Cosmic Dawn has a runtime of 96 minutes and is free to watch on YouTube. We’ve embedded it at the top of this page. “At NASA, we’re thrilled to share the untold story of our James Webb Space ...

On a mountaintop in northern Chile, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which holds the largest digital camera in the world, is preparing to power up.

See images from the Rubin telescope and world’s largest digital camera. By Joel Achenbach. June 23, 2025 at 1:26 p.m. EDT Today at 1:26 p.m. EDT. This has been called the golden age of astronomy ...