01 September 2017
TRAPPIST-1 planets could contain substantial amounts of water
... for water with the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), they also highlight the need for theoretical studies and .... With an anticipated launch date of October 2018 for the JWST, hopefully scientists will not have to wait too long before surface ...
11 September 2019
First detection of atmospheric water vapour on 'super-Earth' in habitable zone
..., will be the first mission dedicated to measuring the chemical composition and thermal structures of hundreds of transiting exoplanets. JWST meanwhile has had its launch date pushed back to March 2021 at the earliest. An Earth mark II K2-18 b may...
April 2019
Scanning the skies for exoplanets
... be possible to help refine the initial data collected on this uncommon exoplanet. “The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will provide amazing data on this planet, as it has a brighter host star than many planets we know, and...
May 2020
Space astronomy at the limits of technology
... will be instrumental in helping astronomers effectively utilise future NASA missions like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST). How would you describe the engineering legacy...
30 March 2016
Have astronomers found the signatures of the very first black holes formed through the collapse of gas clouds?
... they are too faint. This limitation will hopefully be bypassed when the James Webb Space telescope (JWST) is deployed in October 2018. As the mission gets underway, a large wealth of infrared spectroscopic data (extended above the...
20 January 2017
Winners and potential losers of the Obama and Trump administrations
... lost. Nonetheless, speaking at a press conference last year on the likelihood of whether the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) would remain unscathed as President Trump takes office, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden is reported as saying, “I think...
