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Why NASA is betting on a 36-pixel camera

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

TheHobbyist , 14 days ago

I was confused so I think this may need to be emphasized, from the article:

The space agency’s newest sky-peeper takes a different approach, however, performing groundbreaking space science with 36 pixels. It’s not a typo—36 pixels, not 36 megapixels.

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