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NASA Reveals Superpowered Telescope

Giant camera will replace Hubble, see across universe

By Greg Atwan,  Newser User

Posted May 11, 2007 4:38 PM CDT

(Newser) – NASA has uncovered a prototype for a new telescope that will outmagnify the dominant Hubble. The James Webb Space Telescope will cost $4.5 billion and float nearly a million miles from Earth when it launches in six years; its supercharged hexagonal mirror will transmit...   Read full story »

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