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James Webb Space Telescope: An astronomer on the team explains how to send a giant telescope to space – and why

  • Written by Marcia Rieke, Regents Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
James Webb Space Telescope: An astronomer on the team explains how to send a giant telescope to space – and whyThe James Webb Space Telescope is the biggest orbital telescope ever built and is scheduled to be launched into space on Dec. 18, 2021.NASA/Desiree Stover, CC BY

The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to head to space on Dec. 18, 2021. With it, astronomers hope to find the first galaxies to form in the universe, will search for Earthlike...

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