May 2020
Space astronomy at the limits of technology
... for decades to come, and 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...
August 2020
Interstellar aspirations
... a system could be built within a few decades for a cost consistent with large science experiments such as the James Webb Space Telescope and CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (about US$10 billion). The target velocity was 60,000 km/sec...
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...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
... telescope. Some highlighted the benefits of keeping Hubble going by pointing to the multiple issues with the forthcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Many opined that it was questionable whether it will ever get off the ground...
October 2021
Technology transfer and the ‘local’ space market
... lunar missions. The established space research community in Scotland has been involved with projects such as NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and ESA’s GAIA, ExoMars, BepiColombo and Sentinel missions. Its extensive activities have been...
January 2023
Is human space exploration DOOMED?
...’ to contract will be picked up by other metagalaxies and go through the process of expansion and contraction. NASA James Webb Space Telescope image of Stephan s Quintet giving astronomers a ringside seat to galactic mergers and interactions. In the...
