Brainy Quote of the Day

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

18 hexagonal reflectors; roughly 7X Hubble...


"It may look more like a perplexing work of avant-garde sculpture than it does a telescope, but make no mistake about it--the golden snowflake on a surfboard that is the James Webb Space Telescope will be the premier eye in the sky of the next decade. With the assistance of the Webb, astronomers hope to take a giant leap forward in understanding the origins of the cosmos."

Discovery Magazine online: Bigger and Badder than Hubble

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