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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       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   
      
                       James Webb Space Telescope over Earth   
                  Image Credit: Arianespace, ESA, NASA, CSA, CNES   
      
      Explanation: There's a big new telescope in space. This one, the James   
      Webb Space Telescope (JWST), not only has a mirror over five times   
      larger than Hubble's in area, but can see better in infrared light. The   
      featured picture shows JWST high above the Earth just after being   
      released by the upper stage of an Ariane V rocket, launched yesterday   
      from French Guiana. Over the next month, JWST will move out near the   
      Sun-Earth L2 point where it will co-orbit the Sun with the Earth.   
      During this time and for the next five months, JWST will unravel its   
      segmented mirror and an array of sophisticated scientific instruments   
      -- and test them. If all goes well, JWST will start examining galaxies   
      across the universe and planets orbiting stars across our Milky Way   
      Galaxy in the summer of 2022.   
      
                     APOD Gallery: Webb Space Telescope Launch   
                          Tomorrow's picture: comet webb   
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