Today I Learned (TIL)

826 readers

13 users here now

You learn something new every day; what did you learn today? Submit interesting and specific facts about something that you just found out here.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

bot@lemmit.online

TIL that the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, after 20 years in development, is preparing to use the world's most powerful digital camera — a 3,200-megapixel, 3-ton instrument — to capture 20 billion im... (rubinobservatory.org)

submitted 2 months ago by bot@lemmit.online to c/todayilearned@lemmit.online

0 comments fedilink hide all child comments

This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/WebEven620 on 2025-06-27 19:13:02+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, after 20 years in development, is preparing to use the world's most powerful digital camera — a 3,200-megapixel, 3-ton instrument — to capture 20 billion images of the night sky, helping scientists map the universe and study dark matter and dark energy

no comments (yet)

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

there doesn't seem to be anything here