A next-generation imaging instrument built to probe the universe’s biggest mysteries has been put through a practice run and pieced together the largest photos ever taken as a result. The focal plane for what will be the world’s largest digital camera was used to snap the first ever 3,200-megapixel images, with the team now preparing to install this sensor array into an ultra-sensitive telescope capable of spotting objects 100 million times dimmer than what can be seen with the naked eye.
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