Largest digital camera ever snaps amazing photos of the universe
Located on a mountaintop in Chile, the observatory was funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Energy.
Its initial glamour shots include the vibrant Trifid and Lagoon nebulas, located thousands of light-years from Earth, and a group of galaxies known as the Virgo Cluster.
The observatory plans to survey the southern sky for the next 10 years, aiming to image 20 billion galaxies and discover new asteroids and other celestial objects.
Named after astronomer Vera Rubin, the project hopes its discerning camera will yield clues about elusive entities like dark matter and dark energy.
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