The Biggest Space Telescope in the Universe (UPDATE!)

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Hear sounds created from images by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, in this updated episode! The biggest space telescope in the universe had a busy summer, wowing us with incredible images of the cosmos like we’ve never seen before. But it took a lot of work to get there! Learn about it in this episode, originally released in December 2021.

Hear more Webb sound here. 

Watch the launch here. 

See Webb’s first images here.

How do you launch the largest space telescope ever built into space? The James Webb Space Telescope will travel 1.5 million miles away from Earth to help answer some of our biggest questions about the universe. But first, it has to be launched on a rocket – and the telescope is too big to fit on a rocket. So NASA decided to fold it up – and then unfold it in space. How? NASA scientist Knicole Colón and NASA engineer Alphonso Stewart take us on a journey through the world’s biggest origami project.

We have big news to share about Season 8 next week, so keep your ears out for the trailer! 

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