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Vera Rubin observatory

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Vera Rubin: First celestial image from revolutionary telescope

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The Vera Rubin observatory is home to the world's most powerful digital camera.

The camera inside the telescope will repeatedly capture the night sky for ten years , every three days , for a Legacy Survey of Space and Time.

It has 3,200 megapixels ( 67 times more than an iPhone 16 Pro) making it so high resolution that it could capture a golf ball on the Moon.

Camera 's mirrors will help scientists detect the faintest of light and distortions emitted from objects.

It could also help protect us by detecting dangerous objects that suddenly stray near Earth , including asteroids like YR4 that scientists briefly worried early this year was on track to smash into our planet.

Vera Rubin is thought to be powerful enough to finally solve a mystery about the existence of our solar system's Planet Nine .

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