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Rebecca Ramirez

Why the most powerful space telescope ever needs to be kept really, really cold

Rebecca Ramirez

The James Webb Space Telescope will give a glimpse of the earliest galaxies formed after the Big Bang — but only if the telescope is kept frigid. That's why there's a tennis court-sized sunshield.