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PikachuMaxwell
07/20/21 8:56:40 PM
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It's scheduled to launch by the end of the year...it's a powerful space based telescope that's capable of directly imaging Jupiter-sized exoplanets and determine chemical compositions of smaller exoplanets:

https://www.northropgrumman.com/space/james-webb-space-telescope/


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Eramir
07/20/21 8:57:25 PM
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Not really. But what's the purpose of those golden panels?
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PikachuMaxwell
07/20/21 9:06:45 PM
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Eramir posted...
Not really. But what's the purpose of those golden panels?

I think they're used to shield the instruments from sunlight. They have to be kept very cold to detect radiation around the infrared part of the spectrum.

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