Submission + - Hubble's New Sibling
eonlabs writes: "The BBC is covering news that NASA has announced plans for a new space telescope capable of significantly outperforming its older brother, the Hubble.
'The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)...will be larger than its predecessor, sit farther from Earth and have a giant mirror to enable it to see more.'
At 24 meters long, this telescope is expected to report images of our universe significantly closer to its birth, and sitting safely in the L2 lagrange point with additional solar shielding, it should be more sensitive to infrared imagery."
'The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)...will be larger than its predecessor, sit farther from Earth and have a giant mirror to enable it to see more.'
At 24 meters long, this telescope is expected to report images of our universe significantly closer to its birth, and sitting safely in the L2 lagrange point with additional solar shielding, it should be more sensitive to infrared imagery."
