Astrophysics in the Next Decade The James Webb Space Telescope and Concurrent Facilities /

NASAs James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), planned for operation in about five years, will have the capability to investigate  and answer  some of the most challenging questions in astronomy. Although motivated and designed to study the very early Universe, the performance of the observatorys inst...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Thronson, Harley A. (Editor), Stiavelli, Massimo. (Editor), Tielens, Alexander. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
Series:Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings,
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