James Webb Space Telescope
NASA Satellite
About
Orbiting infrared observatory at the Sun-Earth L2 point with a 6.5-meter gold-coated beryllium mirror, studying galaxy formation, star lifecycles, exoplanets, and the early universe across 0.6 to 28.5 microns
Specifications
mass kg 6200
orbit L2
design life years 10
mirror diameter m 6.5
wavelength microns 0.6-28.5
mirror segments 18
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Orbit & Destination
Application
News
Rupali Chandar is awarded highest honor by University of Toledo, Ohio
newsindiatimes.com|1d ago
These cotton candy exoplanets hide behind a haze even the James Webb Space Telescope can't penetrate
space.com|2d ago
NASA's Hubble Telescope Spots Comet K1 Exploding Into Fragments
nytimes.com|2d ago
JWST reveals a strange sulfur world unlike any planet we know
sciencedaily.com|3d ago
NASA's Webb captures a bizarre brain-shaped nebula around a dying star
sciencedaily.com|4d ago
Bizarre planet with global, permanent magma ocean spotted by Webb telescope
interestingengineering.com|5d ago