"Each time we've looked at the Universe in a fundamentally new way, we didn't just see more of what we already knew what was out there. In addition, those novel capabilities allowed the Universe to surprise us, breaking records, revolutionizing our view of what was out there, and teaching us information that we never could have learned without collecting that key data."
"Here in the 21st century, the Hubble Space Telescope - the flagship telescope of the 20th century - now finds itself alongside an array of brilliant space telescopes: JWST, Euclid, SPHEREx, with the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope expected to join them later this year. As the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) now approaches its fifth year of science operations, the time has come to use its capabilities to do one of the most extraordinary things one can do with it:"
Advances in observational capabilities repeatedly revealed previously unseen cosmic phenomena and transformed knowledge of the Universe's composition, structure, and object populations. Major breakthroughs included telescopes, astrophotography, multiwavelength astronomy, space-based observatories, deep-field imaging, and larger, longer-wavelength facilities. Each innovation increased sensitivity to faint, distant sources and refined counts, distributions, and physical understanding of celestial objects. The current fleet of space telescopes—Hubble, JWST, Euclid, and SPHEREx—with Roman joining soon, enables unprecedented deep-field opportunities. JWST approaching five years of science operations can be leveraged now to acquire the deepest deep-field image ever, probing the faintest, earliest structures in cosmic history.
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