08 January 2020
New technique on finding oxygen could help find alien life
... the much anticipated successor to the Hubble telescope, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) when it is launched next year....the electromagnetic spectrum to complement these studies. The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to be launched on an...
18 November 2020
Astronomers want to revive idea for ‘Ultimately Large Telescope’ on the Moon
... so distant from us, that not even NASA’s latest technologically advanced telescope, the powerful but problem-prone James Webb Space Telescope, would be able to detect them. “Throughout the history of astronomy, telescopes have become more powerful...
October 2026
Pilgrimage of Light - an artist’s exploration in astronomy and geology
...Utah, was formed in a relatively brief period in geologic timescales. James Webb Space Telescope’s image of NGC 63 57 (NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI... that little boy’s wildest dreams, and the James Webb Space Telescope promised to bring about surprises. The...
31 January 2020
A final farewell to NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
... out the Spitzer mission in 2018 in anticipation of the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, which also will observe the universe in infrared light. When Webb's launch was postponed, Spitzer was granted an extension to continue operations until...
May 2024
The universe in acrylics - an artist’s passion
... by asteroids about 3.9 billion years ago. Although I usually draw my inspiration from images from the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, during the Reinventing Space conference someone alerted me to imagery of Mars from the HiRISE camera...
16 December 2019
Cheops, ESA's exoplanet watching telescope launches tomorrow
... will also identify the best candidates for future detailed studies by up and coming observatories such as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Hubble's successor, JWST, will be NASA's premier observatory of the next decade, and will...
