The James Webb Space Telescope—the Hubble’s successor—would be the biggest and most powerful observatory ever launched into space. Here’s how it will transform our understanding of the cosmos.
A new era of astronomy will dawn Saturday, Dec.
25, when the James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most powerful space telescope ever constructed, lifts off from the edge of a South American jungle and begins a decadelong mission to catch the glitter of the first stars at the birth of the universe., which preceded it into space more than a generation ago, the Webb telescope will peer deeper into the cosmos—and farther back in time—to open a window on the universe as it took shape soon after the Big Bang.
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