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...
04 October 2019
Have ancient filaments helped uncover the nature of dark matter?
... to do this." With a new generation of telescopes getting ready for launch – including the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) – scientists will hopefully have the tools to look further back into the history of the Universe than...
06 April 2020
Planets can form second atmospheres rich in CO, new study shows
.... This can be tested by looking at an evolved planets C/O ratio when future observatories such as James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), and the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey (ARIEL...
12 March 2021
Scientists find a rocky exoplanet rebuilding its atmosphere
... just how special this world might will have to wait until the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is up and running – a mission that is expected to finally launch later this year after continual delays have setback...
30 June 2021
Life as we know it is not possible in Venus' clouds, new study says
... study can also be used to determine water activity in the atmospheres of planets beyond our Solar System. "The JWST will be able to determine atmospheric profiles of temperature, pressure and water abundance in exoplanet atmospheres," the authors...
31 December 2021
Space missions to watch out for in 2022
..., the construction of a new Chinese space station, plans for lots more new space stations, the launch of JWST (finally), and possibly finding signs of life on Enceladus, it’s safe to say that 2021 was an epic year for...
