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What Webb will observe

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The James Webb Space Telescope is set to peer farther back into the history of the cosmos than ever before. Its powerful instruments, including the Canadian-made NIRISS, will help unravel the mysteries of the earliest light in our universe. (Credits: Canadian Space Agency, STScI)

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A vertical infographic with the James Webb Space Telescope looking back through time. From most recent: 9 billion years ago, Sun forms; a few billion years ago, quasar era, helium reionization; a few hundred million years ago, first galaxies, hydrogen reionization; dark ages; big bang.

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File size: 1.18 MB
Image size: 2160 x 3840 pixels
Resolution: 72 dpi


Image date: September 20, 2019

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