The Future of Astronomy - The Web Telescope

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The web telescope is the biggest, most powerful space telescope ever built. It will go deeper into the cosmos than any previous orbiting observatory. We're going right up to the edge of the observable universe. The web represents the culmination of decades, if not centuries, of astronomy.

After decades of planning, NASA is finally (finally!) set to launch the successor to the Hubble. The new Webb telescope will be a paradigm shift for astronomy, exploring places in the cosmos that have been completely invisible to us until now. But first, it has to safely reach a point nearly a million miles away from the Earth.

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