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The James Webb Space Telescope: Revolutionizing Astronomy with its Infrared Observations
TLDR The James Webb Space Telescope, set to launch soon, is expected to revolutionize astronomy by allowing us to see extremely far away objects. With its large mirror and infrared capabilities, it will gather a significant amount of light and provide our first glimpses of the most distant reaches of the universe.
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NASA's latest space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, will be launched soon and is expected to revolutionize astronomy by allowing us to see further than ever before.
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The James Webb Space Telescope was proposed as a successor to the Hubble and is named after NASA's second administrator.
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The James Webb Space Telescope is designed to observe the infrared spectrum of light in order to observe things that are extremely far away.
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The James Webb Space Telescope has a large mirror that is 6.5 meters in diameter, allowing it to gather a significant amount of light, and it is made up of 18 hexagonal mirrors that are folded for launch.
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The James Webb Space Telescope needs to be kept cool, so it is equipped with a large sun shield made of five layers of a lightweight material called Kapton-E, and it will be located at Lagrange Point 2.
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The James Webb Space Telescope will be located at Lagrange Point 2, approximately 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, and it has experienced numerous delays and complications due to the high stakes and the need for a risk-free launch into space.
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The James Webb Space Telescope will take about a month to reach Lagrange Point 2, where it will unfold and undergo testing before the first observations can be made, with the hope of obtaining our first glimpses of the most distant reaches of the universe by May or June 2022.
