The James Webb telescope is the next greatest piece in the viewing of space and celestial objects. It is a telescope that will be launched into space in October of 2018. The Hubble telescope was launched in 1990 and is still being used today. The James Webb telescope is the next generation of telescopes in space. It will be up to 100 times more powerful than the Hubble. This will allow scientists to look even farther into the universe and make more discoveries. The James Webb telescope uses large hexagon shaped mirrors to focus on faraway galaxies and stars. Once completed, the mirrors will be 21.4 feet in diameter. This is much larger than the Hubble's mirror and is made of different material since a Hubble-style mirror would be too heavy to launch into space. NASA's site keeps track of the progress and as of February 4th, 2016, the mirror segments have been fully completed. However, the launch date is still 2 years and 8 months away. I am excited for the pictures it will beam back.
Source: http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/
I did not realize how old the Hubble telescope is and that it will be 28yrs old by the time the next telescope is launched. Very interesting the pictures sent back will hopefully be incredible.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how advancement in technology can help with space exploration. Even older technology is so great that people still cannot acquire it for personal use. The Hubble space telescope can send information back to us from such great distances; this new telescope is even more powerful and with time, will give us more insight on the great beyond.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know much about telescopes before reading this article. I think it's sweet you show this much interest in stuff like that. From what I understand the hubble is a pretty high tech telescope and the fact that the James Webb telescope is about 100 times stronger is crazy.
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