New Andean Observatory Could Expand Our Knowledge of the Cosmos
Malcolm Cochran
created: Jan. 16, 2025, 4:32 p.m. | updated: March 19, 2025, 5:36 p.m.
<p>“High atop Chile’s 2,700-meter Cerro Pachón, the air is clear and dry, leaving few clouds to block the beautiful view of the stars. It’s here that the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will soon use a car-size 3,200-megapixel digital camera—the largest ever built—to produce a new map of the entire night sky every three days. Generating […]</p>
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