The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the largest and most powerful telescope ever built. It is an infrared telescope, which means that it can see light that is invisible to the human eye. This allows it to see through dust clouds and to see objects that are too faint to be seen by other telescopes.
The JWST was launched on December 25, 2021 and reached its final destination at the Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange point in January 2022. It began its science operations in July 2022. The JWST has four main scientific goals: The JWST is equipped with four scientific instruments: These instruments allow the JWST to collect images and spectra …