It's Been Three Months in Deep Space, and Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument is Still Cooling Down - Universe Today
4/8/2022 12:00:00 AM3 yearsago
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The James Webb Space Telescope continues to cool down out at its location at Lagrange Point 2, about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth. Since JWST is an infrared telescope, it needs to operate at extremely low temperatures, less than 40 K (-223 degrees Celsiu…
The James Webb Space Telescope continues to cool down out at its location at Lagrange Point 2, about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth. Since JWST is an infrared telescope, it needs to operate at ext… [+3358 chars]
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