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It's springtime and the deployed primary mirror of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope looks like a spring flower in full bloom. Once launched into space, the Webb telescope’s 18-segmented gold mirror is specially designed to capture infrared light from the first galaxies that formed in the early universe. via NASA ift.tt/2oDRs37
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James Webb Space Telescope Mirror Seen in Full Bloom was taken on April 13, 2017 at 05:06AM