How James Webb’s Mirrors MUST Work

How James Webb’s Mirrors MUST Work Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch ’Planet Hunting with the James Webb Space Telescope’ and the rest of MagellanTV’s science collection: Getting JWST’s complex optical system to work is critical. But is Webb really more powerful than Hubble? And why does Webb use hexagons? Why are there black borders around the mirrors? How do the mirrors survive the cold? And why are JWST’s mirrors gold? 00:00 Webb’s Optical System 03:30 Magellan TV 04:15 Webb vs. Hubble’s Resolution 06:40 How Webb Avoids Stray Light 07:34 Golden Beryllium Mirrors 09:52 Why Hexagons? 10:40 How Webb Avoids Hubble’s Mistake 11:47 Mirror Deployment, Alignment, and Phasing 14:32 Instrument Phasing and Calibration 🔔 Subscribe for more: 🖖 Share this video with a fe