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Facts about J.W.S.T. (James Webb Space Telescope)

Written by: Yug Shrestha - 33034, Grade III

Posted on: 06 June, 2023

- J.W.S.T. took about 30 years to complete the building. 
- It is 1000 times more powerful than the Hubble telescope.
- It has a primary mirror, scientific instruments, stabilisation flap, antenna, spacecraft bus, sunshade, and secondary mirror.
- This is a 14.5 billion tool to look 13.7 billion light years into the past.
- Its aim is to find the first galaxies that formed in the early universe and look through dusty clouds to see stars form planetary systems.