NASA’s $10 Billion New Observatory: James Webb Space Telescope Gets a Launch Date
NASA plans to launch the James Webb Space Telescope into orbit on December 18, 2021, to serve as the premier deep space observatory for the…
James Webb Space Telescope
Read the latest news on the James Webb Space Telescope, the large, space-based observatory that will complement and extend the discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope. With its 6.5-meter primary mirror, Webb offers longer wavelength coverage and vastly improved sensitivity, allowing it to look further back in time to view the first galaxies that formed in the early universe and to peer inside dust clouds where stars and planets are forming today.
$10B Webb Space Telescope Completes Testing and Prepares for Trip to Europe’s Spaceport
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has successfully completed its final tests and is being prepared for shipment to its launch site at Europe’s Spaceport in French…
NASA’s $10 Billion James Webb Space Telescope Has Successfully Completed Testing
After successful completion of its final tests, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is being prepped for shipment to its launch site. Engineering teams have completed…
Mapping the Universe’s Earliest Structures and Dark Matter Distribution With COSMOS-Webb
This ambitious program will study half a million galaxies in a field the size of three full Moons. Peering deeply into a huge patch of…
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope to Explore a Neighboring, Dusty Planetary System
Researchers will take stock of the dust in the debris disk surrounding the nearby star Beta Pictoris. Planetary systems are very busy places. In addition…
Preparing for Webb Launch: Testing Progress Continues for the Most Powerful Space Science Telescope Ever Built
Engineers have made considerable progress in checking off NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s final series of tests. Three big milestones have recently been completed, bringing…
James Webb Space Telescope Passes Key Launch Clearance Review
The international James Webb Space Telescope has passed the final mission analysis review for its launch on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in…
NASA’s Webb Telescope Will Look Back in Time, Use Quasars to Unlock the Secrets of the Early Universe
Looking back in time, Webb will see quasars as they appeared billions of years ago Outshining all the stars in their host galaxies combined, quasars…
NASA James Webb Space Telescope Launch Delayed Again – Waiting on Ariane 5 Rocket Readiness
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which will be the premier observatory of the next decade, remains on schedule for a launch readiness date no earlier…
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope to Study How Massive Stars’ Blasts of Radiation Influence Their Environments
The nearby Orion Bar is a typical example of a region influenced by young, massive stars Spectacular supernova explosions have been known to shape the…
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope to Probe the Outer Realm of Exoplanetary Systems, Hunt for New Worlds
NASA’s Webb to Study Young Exoplanets on the Edge Webb will probe the outer realm of exoplanetary systems, investigating known planets and hunting for new…
James Webb Telescope’s Golden Mirror Wings Open for the Last Time on Earth
For the last time while it is on Earth, the world’s largest and most powerful space science telescope opened its iconic primary mirror. This event…
NASA’s Webb Telescope Packs Its Tennis Court-Sized Sunshield for a Million Mile Journey
Engineers working on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have successfully folded and packed its sunshield for its upcoming million-mile (roughly 1.5 million kilometer) journey, which…
First James Webb Space Telescope General Observer Scientific Programs Selected
The General Observer scientific observations for the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope’s first year of operation have been selected. Proposals from ESA member states comprise…
Piercing Through a Galaxy’s Dusty Core to Uncover the Secrets of an Active Supermassive Black Hole
Researchers using NASA’s upcoming James Webb Space Telescope will map and model the core of nearby galaxy Centaurus A. As technology has improved over the…
NASA’s $10 Billion James Webb Space Telescope Completes Final Functional Tests to Prepare for Launch
February marked significant progress for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which completed its final functional performance tests at Northrop Grumman in Redondo Beach, California. Testing…
NASA’s Webb Telescope Will Be the World’s Premier Space Science Observatory – Here’s What Those Powerful Capabilities Mean for Astronomy
Early observations of stars in the local universe will pave the way for years of discovery across a range of science topics The combination of…
Back to the Spectacular Firestorm of Star Birth at the Beginning of the Universe: Probing the First Galaxies With Webb
Deep-sky survey seeks to answer some of astronomy’s most pressing questions. When our universe was very young, it was a dark place filled with a…