On a mountaintop in northern Chile, the world’s largest digital camera is preparing to power up. Its mission is simple yet ambitious — to photograph the entire night sky in extreme detail and unlock ...

Observing the night sky through a telescope is one of life’s great joys, and a wonderful way to learn about space and the universe beyond our planet. But perhaps even better is sharing that experience ...

UK teams are helping NASA develop imaging tech for a space telescope that will hunt for alien planets beyond Earth.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A major milestone with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has been reached with the installation of ...

Most cameras these days are UVC compliant. Designed for use on a telescope? That's removing the lens and quadrupling the price. Nothing else. Good for use on a telescope? That's a chilled sensor, a ...

If you've ever tried to take a photo of the moon and stars, you know that astrophotography is incredibly challenging. Although there are tips and tricks for taking astrophotos on your cell phone, to ...

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 3.2-billion-pixel LSST Camera will collect 15 terabytes of data on the southern sky each night. Reading time 4 minutes Nine years and 3.2 billion pixels later, it is complete: the LSST Camera ...

Scientists at Durham University are helping to develop a new type of camera intended to help search for life on distant ...

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