NASA's next major telescope to see the big picture of the universe
December 22, 2017 by Claire Saravia, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA is beginning to design its next big astrophysics mission, a space telescope that will provide the largest picture of the universe ever seen with the same depth and clarity as the Hubble Space Telescope.
Scheduled to launch in the mid-2020s, the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) will function as Hubble's wide-eyed cousin. While just as sensitive as Hubble's cameras, WFIRST's 300-megapixel Wide Field Instrument will image a sky area 100 times larger. This means a single WFIRST image will hold the equivalent detail of 100 pictures from Hubble.
Read more at:
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-nasa-major-telescope-big-picture.html#jCp
