Northro GrummanSometime in 2021, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will launch, deploy, and begin science operations. NASA / JWST science teamWith seven times Hubble's light-gathering power, better resolution, and extended infrared capabilities, numerous cosmic records will fall. NASA / JWST and HST teamsAlthough it will almost certainly make unforeseen discoveries, Webb is poised to shatter four separate cosmic records. Presently, the Hubble Space Telescope holds the record, discovering GN-z11 from just 407 million years after the Big Bang. NASA / GoddardHubble can measure Saturn-like worlds around Sun-like stars, but Webb will get mini-Neptunes around Sun-like stars, plus Earth-sized worlds around red dwarfs.

Source: Forbes February 10, 2020 06:56 UTC