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From the years of design and manufacturing through launch and deployment to the extraordinary images and the new science they inform, Infinite Cosmos showcases the revelations coming from the James Webb Space Telescopethe sharpest planetary vistas and the deepest views of the cosmos humankind has ever seen. Stars forming in clouds of cosmic dust. Jupiter and its moons sharper than weve ever seen them. Galaxies billions of years old. The first images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have electrified the worldand astonished veteran scientists with the wealth of information they reveal. In INFINITE COSMOS, National Geographic tells the 20-year saga of the telescopes development and the feats of science needed to send it into orbit around the sun, a million miles from Earth. Page...