The Rubin Observatory’s key goal is the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), a sweeping, near-constant observation of space. This endeavor will yield 60 petabytes of data on the ...

Over the course of the LSST's 10-year exploration of the cosmos, the Rubin Observatory will take 5.5 million data-rich images of the sky. Wider and deeper in volume than all previous surveys ...

The 3,200-megapixel LSST camera for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is completed. The car-sized camera will create "the greatest movie of all time" to crack the mystery of dark energy.

Once complete, the LSST will have generated 60 petabytes of image data, or 60 million gigabytes. It would take over 11,000 years of watching Netflix to use that amount of data.

The Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Camera is the size of a small car—and the biggest digital camera ever built for astronomy. By Andrew Paul Published Apr 3, 2024 9:00 AM EDT Get the ...

During operations, LSST will take a 3.2 gigapixel image of a 3.5 degree field of view (that's 9 full moons across!) every 30 seconds, resulting in about 15 terabytes of data every night.

The new LSST camera at the Rubin Observatory will reveal new insights into the Milky Way, dark matter, and more. Skip to content. Introducing the all-new Astronomy.com Forum!

Next year the LSST Camera will start a decade-long project to map the entire sky, and help answer some of the universe's biggest questions. Inside the World's Largest Digital Camera - CNET X ...

Scientists have completed the construction of the world’s biggest camera after two decades of work.. The 3,200 megapixel Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Camera weighs 3 metric tons and ...

The 3,200-megapixel LSST camera is readied for transport to the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile to help learn more about the universe and how dark matter and dark energy might affect it.

A lab in the US is close to completing the construction of the world’s largest digital camera, featuring a five-foot (1.65m) wide lens and a 3,200-megapixel camera.