A new giant telescope is now sending instant alerts for exploding stars
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is revolutionizing astronomy by scanning the entire visible sky every few nights to identify millions of cosmic changes, including supernovae, in real time.
Equipped with the world's largest digital camera, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile is designed to detect transient events like exploding stars within seconds of capture. This massive 3,200-megapixel sensor acts as a cosmic motion picture camera, generating twenty terabytes of data every single night.
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