11 September 2019
First detection of atmospheric water vapour on 'super-Earth' in habitable zone
... of K2-18 b and other planets like it, scientists will have to wait a few more years when the likes of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the ARIEL telescope are launched, so that other molecular species can be detected...
04 October 2019
Have ancient filaments helped uncover the nature of dark matter?
... have a blueprint for how 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...
06 April 2020
Planets can form second atmospheres rich in CO, new study shows
...explain Kral and colleagues. 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...
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...
21 July 2021
New balloon-borne astronomical telescope to rival Hubble
... Euclid observatory due to launch next year can only take images in a single optical band, and the James Webb Space Telescope due to launch this autumn is limited to infrared wavelengths. This means SuperBIT will be the only...
14 April 2023
Europe’s JUICE begins its long journey to Jupiter
... the launch of XMM-Newton, which is still in operation today, and most recently, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope in 2021. “What a magnificent demonstration of Europe’s capacity to dream big and deliver results to match,” says...
