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Controversy over the naming of the James Webb telescope drags on (Update)

Way back in October of 2021, Jazz wrote about this controversy. That was before the James Webb telescope, named after the man who led NASA prior to the moon launch, had itself been sent into space. The basic outline of the controversy is that a group of mostly younger scientists had demanded NASA change the name because Webb was allegedly homophobic. NASA launched and investigation and concluded that there were no grounds to change the name of the telescope.Read More 

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