Science History: James Webb Space Telescope Launches — and Promptly Cracks Our View of the Universe — Dec. 25, 2021
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was launched on December 25, 2021, from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. The telescope was designed to study the universe in infrared light, allowing it to peer through the dust and gas that obscures our view of the cosmos. The JWST is the successor to ...