Astronomers eye the launch of most complex telescope ever
There is a great gift for astronomers that you won't find under any Christmas tree. What you need to know The James Webb Space Telescope will launch on December 22nd It is the most complex telescope ever built, with the largest mirror that has ever flown into space After launch, it will take Webb 29 days to reach a 1 million miles orbit around the earth Astronomers hope to answer questions about the origin of the universe and the birth of galaxies The James Webb Space Telescope, the most complex telescope ever built, is scheduled to launch on December 22nd. Webb is the scientific successor to the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes, each of which is essentially a giant time machine that looks into the past by collecting light from millions of years ago as it travels to Earth from around the universe. "We can look very far back into the universe, but not quite back to the time when we believe that the first galaxies originally formed," says Dr. Steven