The James Webb Space Telescope Is Assembled! Finally! | SciShow News

We have some good news this week for all the James Webb fans out there, as well as a look a some creative chemistry that may help us find the first solid evidence of an exomoon!

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Exomoon

[jackthmp]

many good people died waiting for this to be launched

[blueisnotgreen]

I’m Going to be so nervous on launch day omg. Talk about building up suspense

[TheExoplanetsChannel]

Can't wait to analyze the atmospheres of the nearby habitable exoplanets recently discovered !

[Shoorit]

Great stuff, should be ready to launch in 2030.

[AxelSqueeze]

Let's hope it isn't blurry like the Hubble was originally.

[LandoHitman]

This is the best news I've heard all year. I'm very excited for this telescope.

[TheSCPStudio]

Since it was supposed to launch in 2007, is it running decade old hardware? Or did they upgrade as technology got better? I'm not sure if telescope tech changes that much over time though, so I'm curious.

[kabkab]

WOW!!! I thought I would I die of OLD AGE before I would here of ANY PROGRESS with the James Webb. I hope they don't forget to turn it on.

[flashgordon]

"Hank Green" sounds like a Marvel character.
YouTube superhero Hank Green is on the scispace wave

[Antique]

I’m guessing once they start looking farther than ever before, they will probably see aliens watching Looney Toons cartoon reruns.

[zachcrawford]

Woo! James Webb is finally assembled, can't wait to see it in the 2030s.

[safir]

*crosses fingers* “please don’t blow up on the launch pad please don’t blow up on the launch pad”

[thehdgaming]

I figured we'd have Half Life 3 before JWST...

[patrickhoward]

JWST tech: "Where do you wanna eat?"
JWST: "I don't know."

[root]

Can't wait to see this blow up on the pad in the mid 3020's...

[sleekoduck]

Awesome news! NASA can take a while to follow through on projects. I remember working with the think tank that designed the Parker Solar Probe back in 1999. It's due to do its mission next year.

[jokerjoker]

The JWST is taking longer to get ready than my girlfriend.

[ricklayeux]

I was starting to wonder if I would live to see this thing launch.

[bearlemley]

Truly a career long build that was gobbled up by a defense contractor. We the people should have 4 of these by now, for this money and time

[NorthernChev]

We need just ONE more Space Shuttle mission. Because the Hubble Telescope has turned out to be a significant entity in the history of humankind. That thing belongs in a museum for future generations to remember!