22 November 2017
JWST completes crucial cryogenic test
...for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST); confirming that the soon-to-be-launched observatory is ready for the frigid, airless environment of space. The Webb telescope is set to improve our understanding of the Universe in ways like the Hubble Space...
28 March 2018
Woes for Webb as the space telescope is delayed again
... space telescope and the successor to NASA's famed Hubble Space Telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has had its launch date delayed again, this time until approximately May 2020. The JWST has been in the making since 1996 when the...
16 December 2019
Cheops, ESA's exoplanet watching telescope launches tomorrow
... 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 serve thousands of astronomers across many...
04 May 2020
Exoplanets with hydrogen-rich atmospheres could harbour life
... detectable. A task that should become easier when the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is launched. With its spectroscopic abilities, the JWST will be a boon for the study of exoplanetary atmospheres, as it operates at infrared (IR) wavelengths...
08 January 2020
New technique on finding oxygen could help find alien life
... to the Hubble telescope, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) when it is launched next year. JWST will be optimised to look for light in the infrared band of the electromagnetic spectrum. This will allow the telescope to look not only at the...
18 November 2020
Astronomers want to revive idea for ‘Ultimately Large Telescope’ on the Moon
... Bang,” said professor Volker Bromm, a theorist who has studied the first stars for decades. “The upcoming James Webb Space Telescope [JWST] will reach the time when galaxies first formed. But theory predicts that there was an even earlier time...
