The james webbs telescope has a special reflective surface on its mirrors that are tuned to reflect infra red with very high efficiency. The temperature of the telescope can now drop to what is basically the temperature of deep space without any influence of sunlight increasing it body temperature. And so there you have it. Day you help people.
Are we rethinking the Big Bang? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explore features of the James Webb Space Telescope, magnetism and how the aurora borealis works, and if the Big Bang is being debunked.
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