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This gallery is devoted to deep space images captured by the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes, sources of some of the most important work for our understanding of the cosmos - I hope that you find them as striking and beautiful as I do, and enjoy your visit here.

Funding Restored for Hubble's Successor!

On November 17, 2011 the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate both passed legislation that will provide the James Webb Space Telescope program with $529.6 million for the next fiscal year, reversing the House's earlier move to zero out the program entirely. This is fantastic news for JWST, and thank you for your efforts in signing the petition, contacting members of Congress, and spreading the word! There's a Scientific American article here if you'd like to read more.

Thanks to your support through the line of JWST gear in this store, Les Étoiles was able to donate $50 in September to the American Astronomical Society for advancement of public policy, plus $25 more in December (which will be doubled by a matching grant!). I will continue to track and donate all proceeds from sales of JWST gear at Les Étoiles to the AAS. I hope to be able to add more items to the line, as well. The fight for flight won't be truly won until this telescope is complete, launched, and observing from its vantage point at L2.

Thanks again to Raphael at SaveJWST for the use of their logo and to Kyle for the use of his "I Love JWST" design; and thank you for your support!