Webb Telescope (IMAGE)

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Webb Telescope

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The James Webb Space Telescope will launch in late 2018, and will be poised to answer fundamental questions about the start of the universe, the birth of stars and galaxies, and the origin of life.

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NASA/Desiree Stove

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