Thursday, December 19, 2013

The One-Billion Pixel Camera Mapping the Galaxy


Dec. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Today could change the way we look at the universe. EADS space unit Astrium is launching the highly-expected Gaia mission from Kourou in French Guiana. The goal? 3D mapping the stars, thanks to the largest camera ever made for a space mission. Bloomberg's Tom Gibson reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

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