Amazing First Images From World’s Largest Digital Camera Revealed

IFL Science ^ | June 23, 2025 | Dr. Alfredo Carpineti

[Chewbarkah]

Most people associate Rene Descartes with “I think therefore I am”, but he also developed the idea of space being filled with vortices. If proof is needed of his genius for deduction, the posted images should do.

[Magnum44]

I’m saying what is says, not what it doesn’t say. Feel free to extrapolate at your own risk.

The Bible is Gods word. If any part of it is untrue, it might as well all be untrue. I believe it’s all true, even if I can’t fully understand it. If God has plans he hasn’t told us about, then we’d know nothing about it, but he says he created an Earth, and created man (on Earth, in Eden), in His image. If he created any other place with men in His image, then he chose not to tell us about that and likely intends that we shall never meet. But if He had, why do you think He would not share such an important revelation with man?

So there are multiple reasons to believe that a search for life in space is not likely to bare fruit. One, He didn’t foretell that to us. Two, it seems to me His plan was for us to have a special relationship with Him. Three, if He didn’t tell us and we did find life beyond His word in the Bible, it says that we are not unique and may not have been designed for such a special relationship with Him. Many would interpret that as there is no God or no need for God. Wouldn’t that make the socialist happy?

This is not a topic I am going to get in an argument with anyone over. It’s just belief and faith. When I was younger, I would have used the statistical argument and evolution theory to say there has to be life out there just from the astronomical odds. But evolution has since been debunked, and intelligent design is too much of an argument to believe that we came forth from bog algae. We were created. JMHO.

[Magnum44]

Self replicating information is not life.

[Jane Long]

I see a couple of Van Gogh swirls, in that Starry Starry night image.

[Jane Long]

Just posted similar!!

[Nateman]

What is your definition of life?

[GingisK]

I think some of the Bible is allegory.

[Red Badger]

I notice that the two spiral galaxies are opposite of each other, one spinning CW the other CCW from our perspective.................

[telescope115]

I did not notice that before. Good catch! That brings up a great question- how does that happen? I’m no astrophysicist.

Now I’ll be looking at all photos like that for opposite- revolving galaxies, lol.

[kosciusko51]

Also, the computer virus has a creator.

[Red Badger]

It’s just ‘randomness’........In space, there is no ‘up’ or ‘down’ or ‘left’ or right’...............

[Red Badger]

....and it depends on your perspective. If you were on the ‘other side’ they would be spinning the other way............

[telescope115]

True..😀

[SunkenCiv]

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is about to change everything we know about the Universe. 

In just 10 hours of test observations, it captured millions of galaxies and Milky Way stars, and discovered 2,104 never-before-seen asteroids. The amount of data it will collect in its first year alone will exceed that of all optical observatories in history -- combined. 

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Will Change Astronomy Forever | 10:19 
Dr Kirsten Banks | 18.6K subscribers | 35,700 views | June 23, 2025

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NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has discovered 2104 asteroids. 
Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA 

Vera C. Rubin Observatory captures 'swarm of new asteroids' | 1:06 
VideoFromSpace | 2.01M subscribers | 190 views | June 24, 2025

[SunkenCiv]

Nice twofer!

• The largest digital camera ever built has released its first shots of the universe [06/23/2025]

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[BenLurkin]

It looks like a real bad skin condition.

[SunkenCiv]

The telescope was mail-ordered from Acne.

[BenLurkin]

Heh!