At 46 billion pixels, this is the largest image of space Small section of the photo showing the M8 nebula (Credit: Lehrstuhl für Astrophysik, RUB) Weighing in at a massive 46 billion pixels, a new image of the Milky Way from the astronomers at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany is the largest astronomical image of all time. The picture is so big, researchers headed by Professor Rolf C