'A new window on the universe' is about to open wide: Excitement building at Baltimore institute for the James Webb Space Telescope's observations - Baltimore Sun

The James Webb Space Telescope’s 18 mirror segments will soon be aligned, allowing the astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore to peer deeper into the cosmos than ever before.

The image dazzles from a computer screen in the corner of the room: six beams of red-orange light bursting from a luminous Milky Way star. But the most entrancing part of the picture among the publi… [+8646 chars]

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