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How the Webb Telescope Sees Back in Time

Unsung Science by CBS News

Sep 29, 202343:09Science & Medicine

On Christmas Day, 2021, NASA launched the James Webb Space Telescope into orbit a million miles from Earth—a huge and insanely ambitious machine, billions of dollars over budget and 14 years past deadline. Now, as the te...

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