James Webb Telescope Update. “Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” Carl Sagan #BDL JO UIF 'FCSVBSZ JTTVF PG %JTDPWFS 1BUUBZB XF DFMFCSBUFE UIF MBVODI PG UIF +BNFT 8FCC TQBDF UFMFTDPQF BOE JUT BSSJWBM BU -BHSBOHF QPJOU 8IBU GPMMPXFE JO UIF SFmaining months was a lengthy period of calibrating the mirrors and testing communiDBUJPO "MM XFOU TNPPUIMZ VOUJM UIF FOE PG .BZ XIFO JU TVTUBJOFE BO JNQBDU UP POF PG JUT NJSSPS TFHNFOUT GSPN B TNBMM NFUFPSPJE GPSUVOBUFMZ UIF UFBN BU /"4" XBT BCMF UP DPNQFOTBUF GPS UIJT 4FFJOH BT JUmT UPP GBS BXBZ GPS B SFQBJS UFBN UP USBWFM MFU T IPQF JU SFNBJOT VOEJTUVSCFE "U UIF UJNF PG XSJUJOH 64 1SFTJEFOU +PF #JEFO SFWFBMFE UP UIF XPSME UIF WFSZ ÙSTU JNBHFT TFOU CBDL GSPN UIF +85 5IF +85 TVQFSTFEFT UIF )VCCMF 5FMFTDPQF XIJDI XBT MBVODIFE CBDL JO JUT NJSSPS JT BMNPTU UISFF UJNFT BT MBSHF BMTP )VCCMF XBT EFQMPZFE B MPU DMPTFS UP UIF FBSUI BU ,N WT LN * SFNFNCFS UIF %FFQ ÙFME JNBHFT GSPN )VCCMF CFJOH BTUPVOEJOH BT XF EJTDPWFSFE FWFO NPSF (BMBYJFT 8JUI UIF BEWBOUBHFT UIBU UIF +85 IBT XF XJMM CF BCMF UP MPPL back in time even further right back to the very start as stars formed after the big bang. The other advantage the JWT has over Hubble is that it captures images in the infrared spectrum whereas Hubble captured only in the ultraviolet. Comparison between Webb and Hubble and just how many Galaxies now come into view.
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