The new James Webb Space Telescope Forever stamp will be available in September, but individuals can preorder the stamp in August.
The new stamp features a digitally-created depiction of the world’s biggest and most powerful space telescope against a dazzling starscape and features its 18 mirror segments. The James Webb Space Telescopefrom French Guiana in South America. It reached its lookout point 1 million miles from Earth in January.
The plan is to use the telescope to peer back so far that scientists will get a glimpse of the early days of the universe about 13.7 billion years ago and zoom in on closer cosmic objects, even our own solar system, with a sharper focus. Webb is considered the successor to the highly successful, but aging Hubble Space Telescope. The European and Canadian space agencies joined NASA in building the powerful telescope.
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