NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope: The ultimate guide

The James Webb Telescope is the most powerful and largest space science telescope in the world and cost $10 billion. The purpose of the telescope is to help uncover the history of the universe whether it be the start of the Big Bang to planets that have been potentially formed by aliens. The Telescope took about 30 days to travel to it’s permanent home which is a Lagrange point. The mass of the telescope is a whopping 14,300 pounds in total.

Key Takeaways:

• The $10 billion JWST, NASA’s most powerful space telescope ever, will probe the history of the universe.
• The success of its launch means the telescope’s life expectancy will run much longer than 10 years.
• The JWST’s mandate includes exploring the formation of galaxies and the birth of stars.

“It took 30 days for the James Webb Space Telescope to travel nearly a million miles (1.5 million kilometers) to its permanent home: a Lagrange point — a gravitationally stable location in space.”

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References:

• Space (Website)
• SEA (YouTube Channel)