Artist conception of the James Webb Space Telescope.
Credit: NASA GSFC/CIL/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez
Image description: The Webb telescope is depicted by an artist as it might look in space. Webb has a kite-shaped sunshield and a large golden mirror made of hexagons. Three long struts that make a tripod, meet out in front of the mirror, where they support a smaller circular secondary mirror. A black nose cone is in the center of the mirror. This is where light enters the instruments, which sit behind the mirror. The mirror and top of the sunshield are shown in darkness, which is how they are in space. The mirror reflects stars. A bright galaxy lights the lower right part of the image, underneath Webb.
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