Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                              2021 December 26
       [2]The featured image shows the James Web Space Telescope as it
   appeared just after release by the upper stage of an Arianespace rocket
      launched from French Guiana yesterday, December 25 Please see the
                 explanation for more detailed information.

                    James Webb Space Telescope over Earth
       Image Credit: [3]Arianespace, [4]ESA, [5]NASA, [6]CSA, [7]CNES

   Explanation: There's a big new telescope in space. This one, the
   [8]James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), not only has a [9]mirror over
   five times larger than [10]Hubble's in area, but can see better in
   [11]infrared light. The [12]featured picture shows JWST high above the
   Earth just after being released by the upper stage of an [13]Ariane V
   rocket, [14]launched yesterday from [15]French Guiana. Over the next
   month, [16]JWST will move out near the [17]Sun-Earth L2 point where it
   will co-orbit the Sun with the Earth. During this time and for the next
   five months, [18]JWST will unravel its [19]segmented mirror and an
   array of sophisticated scientific [20]instruments -- and test them. If
   all goes well, [21]JWST will start examining [22]galaxies across the
   universe and [23]planets orbiting stars across our [24]Milky Way Galaxy
   in the summer of 2022.

                APOD Gallery: [25]Webb Space Telescope Launch
                       Tomorrow's picture: comet webb
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    Authors & editors: [37]Robert Nemiroff ([38]MTU) & [39]Jerry Bonnell
                                 ([40]UMCP)
          NASA Official: Phillip Newman [41]Specific rights apply.
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                A service of: [43]ASD at [44]NASA / [45]GSFC
                           & [46]Michigan Tech. U.

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   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2112/JwstLaunch_Arianespace_1920.jpg
   3. https://www.arianespace.com/
   4. https://www.esa.int/
   5. https://www.nasa.gov/
   6. https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/
   7. https://cnes.fr/
   8. https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/
   9. https://webb.nasa.gov/content/observatory/ote/mirrors/index.html
  10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090525.html
  11. https://science.nasa.gov/ems/07_infraredwaves
  12. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasas-webb-telescope-launches-to-see-first-galaxies-distant-worlds
  13. https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Launch_vehicles/Ariane_5
  14. https://youtu.be/7nT7JGZMbtM
  15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Guiana
  16. https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/faqs/faq.html
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  18. https://youtu.be/69uT90tEJdE
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