The world's largest space camera, built at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, unveiled its first stunning images on Monday. These images, showcasing stars, galaxies, cosmic dust, and asteroids, were broadcast live to a global audience. The camera has been designed to scan the sky over the next decade, contributing to the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, which aims to shed light on phenomena like dark energy and galaxy formation. The public will have access to the data, promising exciting possibilities for astronomical research.
The entire Rubin team is so excited about this data; we have been talking about this data for over two decades. It's finally here.
The camera has the largest lens built for astronomy so it could see as much of the sky as possible.
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