{"id":117511,"date":"2024-10-23T17:21:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T10:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117511"},"modified":"2024-10-23T17:21:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T10:21:46","slug":"vera-c-rubin-observatory-worlds-largest-digital-camera-will-be-a-game-changer-for-astronomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117511","title":{"rendered":"Vera C. Rubin Observatory: World\u2019s largest digital camera will be a \u2018game-changer\u2019 for astronomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm28ychxi00053j6mm2k9jz2b@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            On a mountaintop in northern Chile, the world\u2019s largest digital camera is preparing to power up.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm28ychxi00063j6me0crx6tq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Its mission is simple yet ambitious \u2014 to photograph the entire night sky in extreme detail and unlock some of the universe\u2019s deepest secrets.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm28ychxi00073j6mha8weo1j@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Housed inside the Vera C. Rubin Observatory \u2014 a new telescope nearing completion on Cerro Pach\u00f3n, a 2,682-meter (8,800-feet) tall mountain about 300 miles (482 kilometers) north of the Chilean capital Santiago \u2014 the camera has a resolution of <a href=\"https:\/\/rubinobservatory.org\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3,200 megapixels<\/a>, roughly the same number of pixels as 300 cell phones, and each image will cover an area of sky as big as 40 full moons.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm28ychxi00083j6mgia5odg3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Every three nights, the telescope will image the entire visible sky, producing thousands of pictures that will let astronomers see anything that moves or changes brightness. The expectation is that in this way, Vera Rubin will discover about 17 billion stars and 20 billion galaxies that we\u2019ve never seen before \u2014 and that\u2019s only the beginning.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm28ychxi00093j6ms67a6u56@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThere\u2019s so much that Rubin will do,\u201d says Clare Higgs, the observatory\u2019s astronomy outreach specialist. \u201cWe\u2019re exploring the sky in a way that we haven\u2019t before, giving us the ability to answer questions we haven\u2019t even thought to ask.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm28ychxi000a3j6mww70aisx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The telescope will survey the night sky for exactly a decade, taking 1,000 pictures each night. \u201cIn 10 years, we\u2019re going to be talking about new fields of science, new classes of objects, new types of discoveries that I can\u2019t even tell you about now, because I don\u2019t know what they are yet. And I think that\u2019s really an exciting thing,\u201d Higgs adds.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm28ychxi000c3j6mphzi9i2r@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Under construction <a href=\"https:\/\/rubinobservatory.org\/about\/history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">since 2015<\/a>, the telescope is named after pioneering American astronomer Vera Rubin, who died in 2016 and, among other achievements, first confirmed the existence of dark matter \u2014 the elusive substance that constitutes the majority of the matter in the universe, but has never been observed.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm28ychxi000d3j6m5c3rgbwi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The project was kickstarted in the early 2000s by private donations, including from billionaires Charles Simonyi and Bill Gates. It was later jointly funded by the Department of Energy\u2019s Office of Science and the US National Science Foundation, which also runs it along with SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, a research center operated by Stanford University in California.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm28ychxi000e3j6mzpybiabp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Although Rubin is a US national observatory, it is in the Chilean Andes, a location it shares with several other telescopes for a number of reasons. \u201cFor optical telescopes, you need a site that is high, dark and dry,\u201d says Higgs, referencing the issues of light pollution and air moisture, which reduce the instruments\u2019 sensitivity. \u201cYou want a very still and well understood atmosphere, and the quality of the night sky in Chile is exceptional, which is why there\u2019s so many telescopes here,\u201d she adds. \u201cIt\u2019s remote, but it\u2019s also not so remote that getting the data off the mountain is a problem \u2014 there\u2019s infrastructure that Rubin is able to lean into.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm2kl7w2l000h3b6m8qeqvqfh@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"2024_0520_Rubin_Drone_Aerials_BoninDJI_20240520171829_0102_D-HDR15.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.5625620655412115\" data-original-height=\"2266\" data-original-width=\"4028\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2024-0520-rubin-drone-aerials-bonindji-20240520171829-0102-d-hdr15.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"2266\" width=\"4028\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2024-0520-rubin-drone-aerials-bonindji-20240520171829-0102-d-hdr15.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2266\" width=\"4028\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2024-0520-rubin-drone-aerials-bonindji-20240520171829-0102-d-hdr15.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2266\" width=\"4028\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2024-0520-rubin-drone-aerials-bonindji-20240520171829-0102-d-hdr15.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2266\" width=\"4028\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2024-0520-rubin-drone-aerials-bonindji-20240520171829-0102-d-hdr15.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2024-0520-rubin-drone-aerials-bonindji-20240520171829-0102-d-hdr15.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"Taken by drone, this image shows the Vera C. Rubin Observatory under construction.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"2266\" width=\"4028\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm28ychxi000f3j6mtr70jpbr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Currently in the final stages of construction, the telescope is expected to switch on in 2025. \u201cWe are currently working on assembling all of the pieces, but they are all there on the mountaintop \u2014 that\u2019s a big milestone we reached over the summer,\u201d Higgs says. \u201cWe\u2019re expecting things to happen in the spring of next year \u2014 getting everything together, everything aligned, making sure all systems, from the summit all the way through our pipelines and the data, are looking as they should and are optimized as best we can. There\u2019s been literal decades of prep work on this, but you never know until you turn everything on.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm28ychxi000g3j6mipxki5wa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            After a few months of testing, in late 2025, the observatory will perform its first observations, although Higgs warns that there is \u201cfluidity\u201d in this schedule.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm28ychxi000i3j6m9a0np0j4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Rubin\u2019s main mission is called LSST \u2014 for Legacy Survey of Space and Time. \u201cThis is a 10-year survey in which we look at the southern sky every night, and we repeat that every three nights. So we basically create a movie of the southern sky for a decade,\u201d Higgs says.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm28ychxi000j3j6mr84vqfqr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The camera can take a picture every 30 seconds, which will generate 20 terabytes of data every 24 hours, as much as the average person watching Netflix for three years, or listening to Spotify for 50 years. Upon completion, the survey will have produced over 60 million gigabytes of raw data.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2klk63h000z3b6mzh833wmu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            However, it will take only 60 seconds to transfer each image from Chile to California, where AI and algorithms will analyze it first, searching for any changes or moving objects, and generating an alert if anything is found.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm28ychxi000l3j6m126ufb88@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe\u2019re anticipating about 10 million alerts per night coming off the telescope,\u201d Higgs says. \u201cThe alerts are anything that changes in the sky, and span a whole range of science cases, like solar system objects, asteroids and supernovae. We are anticipating millions of solar system stars and billions of galaxies, which is why machine learning is really essential.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm28ychxi000m3j6m1u9zfo92@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The data will be released to a select group of astronomers every year, and then after two more years, each data set will be made available publicly, for the global science community to work on, Higgs says.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm28ychxi000n3j6mmmau24th@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            There are four main areas of <a href=\"https:\/\/rubinobservatory.org\/explore\/science-goals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research<\/a> that it is hoped the data will cover: creating an inventory of the solar system \u2014 which includes discovering several new celestial bodies and perhaps the hidden planet known as Planet Nine; mapping our entire galaxy; exploring a special category of objects called \u201ctransients,\u201d which change position or brightness over time; and understanding the nature of dark matter.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm28ychxi000o3j6manenicph@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThere are probably 10 different fields of science where I can tell you that Rubin is going to do great,\u201d Higgs says. \u201cI think we\u2019ll get more Type I supernovae in a couple of months than have ever been observed, for example. Interstellar objects, we have two candidates now, but Rubin is going to take that from two to hopefully more than a few.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2klmcfr00113b6mc1cmnd12@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThere\u2019s so many fields where we\u2019re going to go from a couple of something to a statistically large sample of something, and the science impact of what that can do is huge.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm28ychxi000q3j6mz8u92xnn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The astronomical community is very excited about the Vera Rubin Observatory, says David Kaiser, a professor of physics and the Germeshausen professor of the history of science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. According to Kaiser, the telescope should help clarify longstanding questions about dark matter and dark energy \u2014 two of the most stubborn and mysterious features of our universe.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm28ychxi000r3j6m0sqi0q6x@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe Vera Rubin Observatory will enable astronomers to map the distribution of dark matter like never before, based on how dark matter bends the path of ordinary starlight \u2014 a process known as \u2018gravitational lensing,\u2019\u201d Kaiser explains. \u201cDark matter seems to be ubiquitous throughout the universe, but how exactly has it been clumping or clustering over time remains difficult to quantify for large swathes of the night sky,\u201d he says, adding that by gathering more data about the distribution of dark matter, the Vera Rubin Observatory could help astrophysicists discern its properties.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm2klgxg5000o3b6mo61jotit@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"Rubin_Enclosed.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6619543650793651\" data-original-height=\"2669\" data-original-width=\"4032\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/rubin-enclosed-20241022152138054.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"2669\" width=\"4032\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/rubin-enclosed-20241022152138054.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2669\" width=\"4032\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/rubin-enclosed-20241022152138054.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2669\" width=\"4032\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/rubin-enclosed-20241022152138054.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2669\" width=\"4032\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/rubin-enclosed-20241022152138054.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/rubin-enclosed-20241022152138054.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"This view of the observatory shows the enclosed dome on the right and the support building on the left. A total of 420 people and 28 countries were involved in the construction, which started in 2015.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"2669\" width=\"4032\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm28ychxi000s3j6mpqlcszu0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Another long-standing cosmic riddle that Rubin could solve is the hunt for Planet Nine. Konstantin Batygin, a professor of planetary science at the California Institute of Technology, who has written several academic papers on the subject, says the telescope not only \u201cprovides a real chance to directly detect Planet Nine, but even if the planet eludes direct observation, the detailed mapping of the dynamical architecture of the outer solar system \u2014 particularly the orbital distribution of small bodies \u2014 will offer critical tests of the Planet Nine hypothesis.\u201d In short, he adds, the Vera Rubin Observatory is set to revolutionize our understanding of the outer solar system, and is poised to be a \u201cgame-changer.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm28ychxi000t3j6mnge270n1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            There are few astronomers who aren\u2019t excited about Rubin, says Kate Pattle, a lecturer in<strong> <\/strong>the Department of Physics and Astronomy at University College London, because it will map space on size scales ranging from the most local \u2014 tracking near-Earth asteroids in our own Solar System \u2014 to the largest, mapping the distribution of dark matter across the universe.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2klsk7900163b6mniy2y8qs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cRubin will come back to the same parts of the sky again and again, meaning that it will break new ground in the study of astronomical transients \u2014 it will identify variable stars, track supernova remnants as they decay, and observe very high-energy gamma ray bursts and the variability of quasars, which are very distant, very active galaxies.\u00a0By doing so, it will provide unprecedented insight into how our universe and the stars and galaxies within it evolve.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm28ychxi000u3j6mx34mgxbb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            According to Priyamvada Natarajan, a professor of astronomy and physics at Yale University, the Rubin Observatory stands to break records on many fronts and the entire astronomy community is waiting for first flight. The survey will provide data for a myriad\u00a0of science projects that will address many fundamental open questions in one go \u2014 ranging from the near to the distant universe, including not just a treasure trove of galaxies, clusters, quasars, supernovae, gamma-ray bursts and other transients \u2014 \u201cIt will also sharpen our view of the solar system with an as-yet unmatched inventory of near-Earth asteroids, Kuiper belt objects (an area of icy\u00a0objects\u00a0beyond the orbit of Neptune) \u2014 in short there is something for everyone,\u201d she says.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2kkwr0h00003b6mtn9qc1sz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong> <\/strong>She adds that the most exciting find would be if the telescope were to reveal the true nature of dark matter<em> <\/em>\u2014 a discovery that would be sure to delight Vera Rubin.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm28ychxi000w3j6mq6cs1ty5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cAfter all, it was her seminal work on the detection of dark matter in spiral galaxies in the 1970s that got this pursuit going,\u201d says Natarajan. \u201cThe prospects are tantalizing \u2014 and revolutions are afoot for sure.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/science\/vera-rubin-worlds-largest-camera-spc\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 On a mountaintop in northern Chile, the world\u2019s largest digital camera is preparing to power up. 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