Humanity has reached a remarkable milestone in science and technology with the installation of the world’s largest and most powerful digital camera at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in northern Chile. The 3,200-megapixel camera, built by the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory of Stanford University, officially began operation in 2025 after being installed in late 2023–24. Designed for the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) project, the camera weighs about three tons and features a five-foot-wide lens, the largest of its kind.
The LSST project, costing approximately 673 million US dollars, took nearly a decade of collaboration among scientists and engineers from multiple countries. The camera’s 201 custom-designed CCD sensors form an ultra-flat focal plane, maintained in a dust-free, -100°C environment. It can capture images so detailed that a golf ball would be visible from 24 kilometers away. Each night, it will collect around 15 terabytes of data, processed using advanced supercomputers and artificial intelligence.
The images will help create the first 3D map of the universe, aiding research into galaxies, asteroids, supernovae, and dark matter, and enhancing understanding of cosmic origins.
আশিকুর রহমান তালহা প্রকাশ : ২২ জুন ২০২৬, ১২: ৫২ বর্তমান সময়ে বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তির এক অবিশ্বাস্য মাইলফলক স্পর্শ করেছে মানবজাতি। বিশ্বের সবচেয়ে বড় এবং শক্তিশালী ডিজিটাল ক্যামেরা মহাকাশ বিজ্ঞানে এক নতুন যুগের সূচনা করতে যাচ্ছে। চিলির ‘Vera C. Rubin Obse
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