22 November 2015
James Webb Space Telescope prepped to receive gold-coated primary mirror segments
... gearing up for integration on the telescope - the Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM), characterised as the scientific “heart” of JWST and is one of the three major elements that comprise the Webb Observatory flight system is undergoing its...
May 2019
Unlocking the full potential of Earth observation
...once again delayed the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), pushing it three years past its initial launch date to 2021... is getting the data they collect back to Earth While JWST probes into the deepest reaches of the universe, most of...
August 2018
Exoplanet census promises radical discoveries
NASA’s next large space observatory after the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the Wide Field Infra-Red Survey Telescope (WFIRST). It is about the same size as its predecessor, the ...
August 2017
On-orbit assembly will deliver major benefits in coming decade
... of 12 m would yield more than 30 candidates. The JWST aperture is approaching the size limit for what can be accommodated... by a factor of 10 every seven years or so. The JWST aperture is approaching the size limit for what can be accommodated ...
November 2020
The alien hunter’s field manual
...RST and HabEx missions. In Case 3, relevant for JWST and SETI large scale technosignature searches, the survey sizes...the most immediate experiments like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) with a large scale SETI search for technosignatures. In this...
November 2025
Searching for life beyond Earth
... water, or some other liquid environment that could support life. JWST gives us our first real opportunity in human history to try ...problems. We’re not there yet, but we’re making progress - and JWST is the tool that could get us the first big clues. ...
