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And now for some much needed, check out what awesome stuff humans can do when we work together: SCIENCE!
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will be the successor to The Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
FAQ: https://jwst.nasa.gov/faq.html
Model of the James Webb Space Telescope, Austin, Texas
You’re looking at a full-scale model of the James Webb Space Telescope, a marvel of engineering. When it launches Spring 2019 if it stays on schedule, it will be the largest telescope to enter space. Equipped with a massive, gold-coated mirror to capture infrared light, the Webb will peer deep into space and glimpse the first stars, planets, and galaxies that were formed after the Big Bang over 13.5 billion years ago. It will do this all while orbiting the sun from a position about 940,000 miles from Earth.
Compared to Hubble:
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will be the successor to The Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
FAQ: https://jwst.nasa.gov/faq.html
Model of the James Webb Space Telescope, Austin, Texas
You’re looking at a full-scale model of the James Webb Space Telescope, a marvel of engineering. When it launches Spring 2019 if it stays on schedule, it will be the largest telescope to enter space. Equipped with a massive, gold-coated mirror to capture infrared light, the Webb will peer deep into space and glimpse the first stars, planets, and galaxies that were formed after the Big Bang over 13.5 billion years ago. It will do this all while orbiting the sun from a position about 940,000 miles from Earth.
Compared to Hubble:
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