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Webb Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope is a planned space infrared observatory, intended to ultimately replace the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency are all working on the Webb telescope... [more]

The James Webb Space Telescope is a planned space infrared observatory, intended to ultimately replace the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency are all working on the Webb telescope project. The telescope is named after NASA's second administrator, James E. Webb.

Unfortunately the telescope won't be launched into orbit until at the soonest 2013.

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Toronto- The huge space telescope that is being constructed in the United States will feature a number of different vital instruments that are being produced by Canadian Scientists. The new telescope is the size of a tennis court, and it will produce images that are more in depth and precise than...  
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Students at the Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory’s space exploration camp will conduct a simulated space shuttle mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope on Friday, July 11.  The mission will use a large mock-up of the Hubble Space Telescope and computer software derived from NASA training...  
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Hubble Space Telescope image shows Einstein ring of one of the SLACS gravitational lenses, with the lensed background galaxy enhanced in blue. A. Bolton (UH/IfA) for SLACS and NASA/ESA. An international team of astronomers have compiled the largest-ever single collection of "gravitational lens...  
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Young star cluster M16 is surrounded by natal clouds of cosmic dust and glowing gas also known as The Eagle Nebula. This beautifully detailed image of the region includes fantastic shapes made famous in well-known Hubble Space Telescope close-ups of the starforming complex.  
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