Webb is expected to start science operations about five months from now.
An artist's depiction of the fully deployed James Webb Space Telescope completing its final burn to reach orbit around L2.
Rigby gave a quick tour of the main topics of the 330-plus science investigations that Webb will perform during its first year of work, such as seeking the first generation of galaxies that formed after the Big Bang, probing planetary atmospheres and assessing them for habitability and doing deep studies of"dark parts of the sky" only visible in infrared light.
Webb's forthcoming work is also expected to serve as a public engagement opportunity, like that of its predecessor, the , which is still taking stunning photos more than 30 years after its launch. Meanwhile, scientists are eager to get their turn at Webb and to get their hands on data, which will be regularly released for open science initiatives.
Science is now coming more sharply into focus as Webb has completed most of its complex engineering milestones, although commissioning is not yet finished. Webb deployed its massive sunshield and earlier this month, and its super-efficient journey to L2 left it with far more fuel than originally expected.
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