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James Webb
The James Webb Space Telescope is a powerful new space telescope designed to observe the universe primarily in infrared light, allowing it to see further back in time than Hubble.
TECHNICAL DEFINITION
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large infrared space observatory launched by NASA, ESA, and CSA in 2021, designed to conduct breakthrough astronomy across multiple fields, including exoplanet characterization and early universe observation.
BACKGROUND
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope designed to conduct infrared astronomy. It is the largest telescope in space, and is equipped with high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments, allowing it to view objects too old, distant, or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope. This enables investigations across many fields of astronomy and cosmology, such as observation of the first stars and the formation of the first galaxies, and detailed atmospheric characterization of potentially habitable exoplanets.
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- JWST
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- Infrared Telescope
USAGE NOTE
The James Webb Space Telescope is providing unprecedented views of the early universe.