Power On! Webb Space Telescope Turns On Instruments
Now begins the process of aligning all 18 mirror segments so that they work together as one. Since the arrival of NASA’s James Webb Space…
Now begins the process of aligning all 18 mirror segments so that they work together as one. Since the arrival of NASA’s James Webb Space…
Following Webb’s arrival at its orbital destination around Lagrange Point 2 (L2) on January 24, the mission operations team began working its way through a…
The past month has been an exciting time for the James Webb Space Telescope! After launching on Christmas Day, the telescope spent the next few…
The Webb Space Telescope reaches its new home, remembering our fallen heroes, and testing a VIPER in the sand … a few of the stories…
The big news for Webb this week was the final insertion into orbit around the second Lagrange point. The team also turned on the High-Gain…
After launch, the James Webb Space Telescope traveled to its orbital destination. Webb will perform its science mission while orbiting a location in space, called…
Today, at 2 p.m. EST, Webb fired its onboard thrusters for nearly five minutes (297 seconds) to complete the final postlaunch course correction to Webb’s…
An international research team will survey the stars, star clusters, and dust that lie within 19 nearby galaxies. To understand galaxies, you have to understand…
The James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) is designed to answer fundamental questions about the Universe. One of Webb’s key science goals is to study the…
On Monday, January 24, engineers plan to instruct NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to complete a final correction burn. This will place it into its…
Last week, the Webb team began moving the observatory’s individual mirror segments out of their launch positions. Today, we hear from Erin Wolf, Webb program…
Webb’s science goals cover a very broad range of themes, and will tackle many open questions in astronomy. They can be divided into four main…
On December 25, the largest and most powerful space telescope ever constructed by NASA was successfully launched from Earth. With unprecedented technology, the James Webb…
With major deployments complete, Webb continues its journey to its final halo orbit around L2. In the meantime, there are several smaller deployments in the…
UC Riverside astrophysicist explains the science. The James Webb Space Telescope, the most complex and expensive space laboratory ever created, is less than two weeks…
Webb has begun the detailed process of fine-tuning its individual optics into one huge, precise telescope. Engineers first commanded actuators – 126 devices that will…
After two weeks of complex structural deployments, Webb has passed a major milestone and is now fully unfolded in space. For insight on what to expect…
On January 8, the James Webb Space Telescope team successfully fully deployed its iconic 6.4-meter, gold-coated primary mirror, completing the final stage of all major…