10 February 07
Now Indexing The Universe
No longer content to gulp all this world’s textual materials into its maw, Google is turning its eyes heavenward and partnering with 16 universities to build the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. The 8.4 meter aperture LSST features a 3 gigapixel camera and will make a complete scan of the sky over Cerro Pachón, Chile, every three nights. Soon we’ll be able to read blogs from Epsilon Eridani b.
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