The funding shortfall could reduce the missions effectiveness as early as fall 2025,according to SpaceNews.
The Webb Space Telescope began scientific operations in July 2021.
Webb can image the most ancient light we can detect, allowing the telescope seeindividual starsandgalaxiesfrom the early universe.
An artist’s concept of the Webb Space Telescope.Image: NASA-GSFC, Adriana M. Gutierrez (CI Lab)
But the telescope wont last forever, so its imperative that scientists optimize their time with Webb.
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