The James Webb Telescope has hit another milestone and it's the very definition of cool.
The telescope's telescope Mid-Infrared Instrument has reached a decidedly chilly -267C, or just six degrees above "absolute zero".
This super low temperature is not far short of the point where all atoms are supposed to stop jiggling.
MIRI's frigid status will allow the Webb observatory to see the distant Universe in unprecedented detail.
and will reveal the chemistry, temperature, density, and velocity of many of the objects in view.
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