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On the Webb telescope, 18 hexagonal mirrors combine to form a massive primary mirror that is 21 feet (6.5 meters) across. The ...

HH 30 is a luminous region surrounding a newborn star, or protostar. The James Webb Space Telescope helped reveals ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope is the most advanced observatory ever built, capable of peering 13.5 billion years into the past. This video explores the cutting-edge engineering behind its massive ...

"The operations work at STScI, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, and other NASA contractors is funded by the operational ...

Explore the James Webb Space Telescope's incredible discovery: a cosmic alignment revealing the teenage years of our Milky ...

What is the James Webb Space Telescope? Noted as the world's premier ... which orbits Earth – is outfitted with a gold-coated mirror and powerful infrared instruments that allow it to observe ...

“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field instrument scientist. “We [will] detect hundreds of millions of galaxies to ...

Noted as the world's premier space science observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope is part of an ... Earth – is outfitted with a gold-coated mirror and powerful infrared instruments that ...