Stretching Webb's Wings - A football field sized umbrella for a space telescope

One of the dominant features of the Webb telescope is its tennis court-sized sunshield. The sunshield protects the observatory from unwanted light, keeping it cool and allowing it to detect heat from faraway objects in the universe.
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