<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>Chile's Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located in the Andes Mountains, is equipped with the world's largest digital camera.</li><li>The observatory collects an astonishing 20 terabytes of data each night, contributing to a 500 petabyte database over 10 years.</li><li>With its quick reaction time, the Rubin Observatory can capture cosmic events like supernovae and gamma-ray bursts in real time.</li><li>It serves as an asteroid hunter, discovering 2,104 new asteroids in just 10 hours and aiding in tracking near-Earth objects.</li></ul>

5 crazy facts about Chile’s Vera Rubin telescope: It has world’s largest digital camera

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