Publisher's Synopsis
This tutorial describes the high-tech construction and scientific capabilities of the Webb infrared telescope in an accessible language
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope developed largely to tackle infrared astronomy. As the greatest optical telescope in space, its greatly enhanced infrared resolution and sensitivity allow it to observe things too old, remote, or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope.
This is designed to enable a broad range of study covering the areas of astronomy and cosmology, such as detection of the first stars and the creation of the earliest galaxies, and full atmospheric characterisation of possible habitation
