---
title: "The James Webb Space Telescope Will Utterly Transform Our View of the Universe"
description: "Video describe the features of the James Webb Space Telescope that will allow us to look further into space than ever before."
date: "2017-03-04"
modified: "2017-03-04"
authors:
  - name: "Neil C. Bhavsar"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/neilbhavsar"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-james-webb-space-telescope-will-utterly-transform-our-view-of-the-universe"
categories:
  - "James Webb Space Telescope"
  - "NASA"
  - "Science & Energy"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "hubble"
  - "James webb"
  - "satellite"
  - "space"
---

# The James Webb Space Telescope Will Utterly Transform Our View of the Universe

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/gallery-webb-telescope_0.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: James Vaughan\</em\>*

After the groundbreaking [discovery of Trappist-1](<https://futurism.com/nasa-just-found-a-solar-system-with-7-earth-like-planets>), it seems that our hunger for knowledge can't be satiated – luckily, one new telescope might give us a lot to chew on.

With NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reaching its[ retirement after 25 years](<https://futurism.com/what-will-we-do-when-hubble-dies>) spent exploring the celestial heavens, we must look to the new champion on the rise in 2018: the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The JWST is almost twice as large as the Hubble and is equipped with a 22-meter (72-foot) sunshield and a mirror with a diameter of 6.5 meters (21.3 feet). These components work together to allow the JWST to collect *seven times more light than the Hubble*.

In the video below, deputy project scientist and NASA astrophysicist Amber Straughn introduces viewers to "[A New Era in Astronomy](<https://insidetheperimeter.ca/new-era-astronomy-amber-straughn-public-lecture/>)" during the unveiling of the JWST at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Ontario.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrGaadaNReY

This level of capability will allow the JWST to detect signatures so faint that even a bumblebee on the moon wouldn't be able to evade the telescope. With its powerful magnification and resolution, the JWST will focus on illuminating the galaxies that populate our – identifying with its advanced infrared sensors the first planets, stars, and solar systems that succeeded the big bang and now make up our night sky.

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