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Re:James Webb telescope reaches its final destination in spa... by jxcl on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @10:39AM (#30072983)
They both look like they might be similar sizes in an illustration like that, but the Hubble mirror is 2.4 meters, whereas the JWST mirror is 6.5 meters, which has 7 times the light-gathering capability of Hubble.
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