James Webb Telescope - Interviews - What To Expect - What We Might See And Discover

The James Webb Space Telescope (Launched December 24, 2021) is a space telescope developed by NASA with contributions from the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency. The telescope is named after James E. Webb, who was the administrator of NASA from 1961 to 1968 and played an integral role in the Apollo program. Dimensions: 20.197 m × 14.162 m (66.26 ft × 46.46 ft) It is designed to provide improved infrared resolution and sensitivity over Hubble, and will enable a broad range of investigations across the fields of astronomy and cosmology, including observations of some of the most distant events and objects in the Universe such as the formation of the first galaxies, and allowing detailed atmospheric characterization of potentially habitable exoplanets. The primary mirror of JWST, the Optical Telescope Element, consists of 18 hexagonal, individually adjustable mirror segments made of gold-plated beryllium, which combine to create a 6.5 meter (21 ft 4 inch) diameter