The Biggest Space Telescope in the Universe (UPDATE!)
Tumble Science Podcast for Kids
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Webb's Spectacular Telescope
Webb has a giant mirror which collects and concentrates all that infra red light into the telescope. There is 18 small mirrors that come together to at as one big mirror. These 18 hexagonal mirrors are plated in gold and give web the look of a bee's honeycomb for giant space bees, which i'm sure we're going to encounter. This mirror altogether is seven times bigger than hubble's mirror. It's what makes web so powerful. So you need a giant mirror to see in the infra red, then you need an even bigger sun shield to protect it from burning up. Yes, those two big things are necessary for webb to do what it's meant
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