Space Telescope's Image of Star Gets Photobombed by Galaxies |
Those galaxies are several billions of years old. Eventually, scientists hope Webb will see so faraway and back in time that it will only be “a couple hundred million years after the Big Bang,” she said.The $10 billion Webb — successor to the nearly 32-year-old Hubble Space Telescope — blasted off from South America in December and reached its designated perch in January.
The James Webb Space Telescope opened its massive gold-plated, flower-shape mirror Saturday, which was the final step before the telescope reaches its destination. Once it’s there astronomers hope to see stars that formed during the Big Bang.The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education. The AP is solely responsible for all content.
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