The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope specifically designed to conduct infrared astronomy. Its high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments allow it to view objects too old, distant, or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope. This enables investigations across many fields of astronomy and cosmology, such as observation of the first stars and the formation of the first galaxies, and detailed atmospheric characterization of potentially habitable exoplanets. The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) led Webb's design and development and partnered with two main agencies: the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Maryland managed telescope development, while the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore on the Homewood Campus of Johns Hopkins University operates Webb. The primary contractor for the project was Northrop Grumman. The telescope is named after James E. Webb, who was the administrator of NASA from 1961 to 1968 during the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs.
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Friday, June 26, 2020

How Can India Deftly Handle the Sino-Indian Face-off and More Importantly Avoid A Nuclear War?

Thursday’s statement by the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the US is moving troops from Europe to south east Asia and the Indian ocean in the light of Chinese aggressive posturing with Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and India should be welcomed and endorsed by the Indian leadership.

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A ROADMAP FOR INDIA: 2020 AD – 2050 AD

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