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Aug 28, 2019

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

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The #USOpen starts today! Can you imagine a spacecraft the size of a tennis court? To see infrared light from faraway objects, the James Webb Space Telescope needs to be extremely cold! Enter Webb €™s sunshield (~21x14 meters in size), which will provide shade and keep Webb operating at less than ~50 Kelvin (−370 °F or −223 °C).

https://go.nasa.gov/2zfNzYP

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