PREVIEW

A team of scientists and engineers have finally finished creating the world's biggest digital camera for stargazing. After 20 years of hard work constructing the super camera, it is now getting ready to be set up on a telescope in Chile. It’s expected to change the game by collecting an amazing amount of information about space, giving us new clues on everything from dark energy to asteroids zipping around in our solar system. After being attached to the Vera C. Observatory's special telescope, the camera will take incredibly detailed snapshots of space for the next ten years. The lens is so large that images captured would need to be viewed on hundreds of TVs lined up together. It’s so powerful it could even spot a golf ball from 15 miles away. By examining the captured images, scientists can delve into mysteries of the universe like how galaxies bend light from other galaxies far behind them. They’re also looking to map out where all the dark matter is by spotting clusters and watching for the explosions of stars, which can tell us a lot about dark energy and dark matter. Closer to home, they hope to track down small objects in our solar system, giving us a clearer picture of how it came to be and spotting any asteroids that might be coming too close for comfort.