"Unveiling the World's Largest Car-Sized Digital Camera for Cosmic Exploration"

The LSST Camera, the largest digital camera on Earth, has been completed at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and will soon be integrated with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile to capture deep space images. With its high resolution and ability to capture a wide swath of the sky, the camera aims to create an unprecedented catalog of the cosmos, potentially revolutionizing our understanding of space by identifying more asteroids, icy worlds, interstellar comets, and possibly even a speculative "Planet X." This marks a significant advancement in space exploration, with other futuristic telescopes like the Giant Magellan Telescope and the Extremely Large Telescope also set to contribute to our understanding of the universe.
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