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...
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...
18 December 2019
US Senate suggests Artemis delay after requested funding halved
....7 million is for New Frontiers missions and $190.4 million is for Discovery missions. NASA’s successor to Hubble, the James Webb Space Telescope, was also allocated $423 million and funding was also provided for a new space...
