Turning up the heat: Finding out how well the Webb telescope's sunshield will perform

Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 17:14 in Astronomy & Space

Keeping an infrared telescope at very cold operating temperatures isn't an option, it's an absolute necessity. For the James Webb Space Telescope to see the traces of infrared light generated by...

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