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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) - Artist view

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Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-sou05-90008

Date

2022-07-12

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large, infrared-optimized space telescope launched on december 25 2021. Equipped with a large mirror 6.5 meters (21.3 feet) in diameter, it resides in an orbit about 1.5 million km (1 million miles) from the Earth.