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Oct 2020
19m 5s

Our Cosmic Time Machine, The James Webb ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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The James Webb Space Telescope will explore every phase of cosmic history: from the formation of the very first galaxies in the early universe, to our cosmic backyard of the Solar System. Webb is the largest space telescope NASA has ever built and it is almost ready to make its journey about one million miles from Earth.  
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