The shade of it all.
The official NASA account for the James Webb Space Telescope appeared to be starting a war of words with a few of its bigger siblings. The NASA accounts for the sun, moon, and Earth were all blocked by the account.
Sorry, space beef fans, but it was all in service of teaching you a little about how this magnificent piece of machinery works. The sun shield, which was folded up in order to fit inside the rocket for the launch, was successfully deployed by the telescope. The shield made of plastic sheets and reflective metal protects the scientific instruments from the heat and light of the sun, moon, and Earth.
Geddit? It was blocked.
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The accounts were unblocked after they jumped into the replies with a lot of puns.
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The biggest and most powerful space telescope ever built is on its way to its observing position a million miles from Earth, with lots more setting up to keep it busy on the journey. The observatory's instruments must be kept below -380 degrees Fahrenheit in order to pick up the faint heat of the light.
The first pictures from the JWST will be taken around June, once it's fully set up. It is ready to keep us entertained until then.
