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SLAC researchers image plasma instability relevant to fusion energy and astrophysics

The team developed a platform that uses powerful X-rays from the lab’s LCLS X-ray laser to resolve for the first time the evolution of...

February 12, 2026  ·  4 min read
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SLAC completes construction of the largest digital camera ever built for astronomy

Once set in place atop a telescope in Chile, the 3,200-megapixel LSST Camera will help researchers better understand dark matter, dark energy and other...

April 3, 2024  ·  10 min read
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Sensors of world’s largest digital camera snap first 3,200-megapixel images at SLAC

The camera will explore cosmic mysteries as part of the Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time.

September 8, 2020  ·  9 min read
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A day in the life of a telescope camera assembler

As the massive LSST camera project reaches its culmination, Hannah Pollek is one of the engineers in the clean room each day putting the...

December 18, 2019  ·  5 min read
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World’s Most Powerful Digital Camera Sees Construction Green Light

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope’s ‘Eye’ Will be Built at SLAC.

August 31, 2015  ·  5 min read
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One cool camera: LSST’s cryostat assembly completed

The LSST cryostat, now fully assembled, will keep the camera’s image sensors continuously cooled to minus 150 degrees Fahrenheit for crisp, high-sensitivity views of...

August 2, 2018  ·  2 min read
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Q&A: Diane Hascall and Margaux Lopez Help Build the World’s Largest Digital Camera

When the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) begins in 2022 to take images of the entire southern night sky over and over again for...

November 23, 2015  ·  4 min read
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World’s Most Powerful Camera Receives Funding Approval

Plans to build the world’s largest digital camera at SLAC have reached a major milestone, with funding approval for the 3,200-megapixel camera. The camera...

January 9, 2015  ·  3 min read
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Q&A with Regina Matter: Bringing people together to build the world’s largest digital camera

It takes a lot of meetings, travel logistics and even tracking down some parts to keep a large team collaborating on a project like...

June 19, 2023  ·  4 min read
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World's Largest Digital Camera Project Passes Critical Milestone

Menlo Park, Calif. — A 3.2 billion-pixel digital camera designed by SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is now one step closer to reality.

April 24, 2012  ·  3 min read
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The Rubin Observatory's giant data acquisition system

The Rubin Observatory's LSST Camera will take enormously detailed images of the night sky from atop a mountain in Chile. Down below the mountain...

March 10, 2022  ·  4 min read
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How to host an astronomically large data set

Managing the unprecedented amount of data that will soon stream from Rubin Observatory means more than buying tons of hard drives. SLAC scientist Richard...

November 3, 2021  ·  5 min read
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