Friday, May 11, 2007

Hubble telescope will have successor in 2013

Hubble telescope's successor will peer at universe's birth (AFP)

A full scale model of the James Webb Space Telescope sits on the National Mall outside the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. NASA unveiled Thursday a model of the massive space telescope that will replace the aging Hubble in 2013 and allow scientists to observe the formation of the first galaxies at the dawning of the universe.(AFP/Tim Sloan)AFP - Once unfurled in orbit in 2013, the world's biggest space telescope will have an eagle-eyed camera that scientists hope will lift the veil from the origins and mysteries of the universe.


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