November 2020
The alien hunter’s field manual
... only measures one other, as would be applicable when combining one of the most immediate experiments like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) with a large scale SETI search for technosignatures. In this case, each survey provides complementary...
01 September 2017
TRAPPIST-1 planets could contain substantial amounts of water
... suggest that the outer planets are the best candidates to search for water with the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), they also highlight the need for theoretical studies and complementary observations at all wavelengths to determine...
03 April 2018
Astronomers unexpectedly find the most distant star ever discovered
...in the same galaxy looking for something else. The space telescope had originally been set up to observe a gravitationally lensed...mass of the Sun or less. Nonetheless, once the James Webb Space Telescope gets off the ground, the team suggest that with...
20 August 2018
Galaxy should be teeming with water-worlds say researchers
... very difficult with current ground-based and space-bourne telescopes. However with the impending launch of the James Webb Space Telescope – the successor to the Hubble space telescope – in 2021, their task will hopefully be made considerably...
03 July 2019
New study reveals detailed exoplanet atmosphere
... at an exoplanet, as they limit the depth at which they can peer through the skies. With NASA's upcoming James Webb Space Telescope getting ready for launch though that should all change, as its unprecedented sensitivity in the infrared should...
12 March 2021
Scientists find a rocky exoplanet rebuilding its atmosphere
... heating,” Swain says. Determining 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...
