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New Outlandish Telescopes Probe Deeper Into Universe's Past

February 15th, 2008 Leave a comment Go to comments

Source: Dailytech

One of the new “young gun” telescopes is the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which is scheduled to launch in 2013 as a replacement to the aging, yet venerable, Hubble. The telescope will be bigger than the Hubble, with a tennis court sized sunshield and massive mirror (6.5 m in diameter) that will unfold, once the telescope reaches its intended L2 orbit. The telescope is infrared optimized, but also offers strong capabilities in the visual light range.

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