Beyond Hubble... The James Webb Space Telescope

Welcome to the on-line version of our traveling museum exhibit. Please explore using the map below. The arrows are only suggestions! Click on a topic, and a small exhibit window will pop-up, which you will be able to close when you are done.

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Science Drives Technology and Technology Drives Science. Mirrors and Microshutters. New solutions, new technology Hubble and Webb - a tale of two telescopes microshutters - a close-up view More Than the Eye Can See - The Electromagnetic Spectrum Scope it Out, The Telescope Game What Does Infrared Reveal? Webb Peers Into Dusty Clouds, the birthplace of stars and planets Galaxy Assembly - how did the very first galaxies form? What is Doppler shift? Looking back in space is looking back in time. First Light. The Early Universe Cosmic Distance Scale Webb Models