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wolverine876 on July 7, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: The James Webb Space Telescope has passed the fina...

> JWST will be tuned to longer wavelengths (redshifted older objects) that can only be seen in cold space.

As I understand it: We're placing it at L2 specifically for that reason, to isolate it from other radiation.

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