12 March 2021
Scientists find a rocky exoplanet rebuilding its atmosphere
...,” 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
... 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...
29 March 2018
NASA Hubble Space Telescope Owners’ Workshop Manual
... nine sections covering everything from the historical background to the HST to (briefly) its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope. Significant sections include those on the design and development of the Hubble and its scientific...
18 December 2019
After delays, ESA’s exoplanet mission launches successfully
.... Cheops will also pave the way for our future exoplanet missions, from the international James Webb Telescope to ESA’s very own Plato and Ariel satellites, keeping European science at the forefront of exoplanet research...
15 April 2020
Scientists discover most brightest and energetic supernova yet
..., a coauthor from Harvard University. "Now that we know such energetic explosions occur in nature, NASA's new James Webb Space Telescope will be able to see similar events so far away that we can look back in time to the...
28 April 2020
Hubble turns 30!
... of cameras and other instruments, is expected to stay operational through the 2020s, in synergy with the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope. The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between NASA and ESA (the European...
