Light show.

• Author: Leary, Warren E.
• Position: Science Times - James Webb Space Telescope - Brief Article

The Hubble Space Telescope brought deep space into focus like never before. Now NASA is planning a fitting encore: a device so powerful it may detect some of the "first light" of the universe. The James Webb Space Telescope, to be launched in 2010 at a cost of about $1.2 billion, will have a mirror with a light-gathering area six times as large as the Hubble's and a suite of more sensitive instruments. It will be sent into...