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Researchers at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are nearly done with the LSST Camera, the world's largest digital camera ever built for astronomy. Roughly the size of a small car and weighing in at three tons, the camera features a five-foot wide front lens and a 3,200 megapixel sensor that will be cooled to -100??C to reduce noise. Once complete and in place atop the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Simonyi Survey Telescope in Chile, the camera will survey the southern night sky for a decade, creating a trove of data that scientists will pore over to better understand some of the universe's biggest mysteries, including the nature of dark energy and dark matter. (Jacqueline Ramseyer Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

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Astronomers have unveiled the world’s largest digital camera

The world’s largest digital camera for astronomy is taller than a car, has as many pixels as 266 iPhones and will, over the course of the next 10 years, help researchers study billions of galaxies

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Electron microscope image of the new aluminium alloy

Chemistry

Aluminium alloy could boost spacecraft radiation shielding 100-fold

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Human hibernation is a real possibility - this is how it might work

Health

Human hibernation is a real possibility - this is how it might work

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Space

Why we should go back to the moon – and this time to build a home

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Composite of the Juno spacecraft near Europa

Space

Juno spacecraft prepares for close encounter with icy moon Europa

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Artist's impression of CubeSats orbiting Earth.

Space

Swarm of light-sail spacecraft could be propelled by laser on the moon

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Artist's concept pf Perseverance rover

Space

NASA made enough oxygen on Mars to last an astronaut for 100 minutes

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JWST's images of the cosmos should be for all, not just astronomers

Space

JWST's images of the cosmos should be for all, not just astronomers

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China's space station module Wentian and a Long March-5B Y3 carrier rocket at the launching area of the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on 18 July 2022 in Wenchang, Hainan Province of China

Space

China prepares to launch laboratory module to Tiangong space station

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Interact rover by lunar lander

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ESA's lunar rovers complete simulated moon trials on Mount Etna

Paving the way for future moon exploration missions, the European Space Agency has been testing its lunar rovers on Mount Etna in Sicily, Italy, as an analogue for the lunar surface

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Space

Update – NASA's CAPSTONE spacecraft is on its way to the moon

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Space

How lessons learned from space exploration could feed the world

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Space

Bricks made of dust from the moon and Mars could make space buildings

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Space

Send thousands of people to orbit, says space tourist Jared Isaacman

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