The Dark Energy Camera

The Dark Energy Camera, based at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, can record light from up to 8 billion light-years away and captures more than 100,000 galaxies in each snapshot. The 570-megapixel camera was built at Fermilab and is one of the most powerful cameras in the world

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