NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is making strides in astronomy with its 122-megapixel primarily infrared photos taken 1.5 million kilometers away from
Why NASA is betting on a 36-pixel camera
Submitted 5 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/05/say-hello-to-nasas-new-36-pixel-camera/
TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
I was confused so I think this may need to be emphasized, from the article:
ringwraithfish@startrek.website 5 months ago
It’s also focused on x-rays instead of the visible spectrum. I would hazard a guess that the resolution requirements for this are vastly different in scale compared to photography.