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James Webb telescope

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  • What was the name of the biggest telescope before the James Webb Space Telescope?
    The Hubble Space Telescope
  • What sort of cameras does the JWST use?
    infrared
  • What does an infrared camera detect?
    Heat
  • How many smaller mirrors are on the JWST
    18
  • What do we use a telescope for?
    To see objects in space
  • How did they get the JWST to space?
    They folded it up
  • How long did it take to unfold the telescope in space?
    2 weeks
  • How big is the telescope?
    It is as tall as a three-story building and as long as a tennis court
  • What is the JWST orbiting?
    The sun
  • When was the JWST released?
    2021
  • What sort of discoveries can the JWST help us make?
    The development of stars and planets
  • Is the JWST on earth?
    no
  • What shape are the mirrors?
    Hexagons (6 sided)
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