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...
22 September 2021
Telescope built by Karoo locals releases data to astronomers around the world
... and infra-red space telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope or its upcoming successor, the James Webb Space Telescope won’t be able to look that far back in time. That is one of the reasons why radio...
12 November 2021
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts arrive at ISS
... from both inside and outside the Space Station. He is also expected to be in orbit for the launch of the Webb Space Telescope and the launch of Artemis I, an uncrewed mission that will see ESA’s European Service Module...