18 December 2019
US Senate suggests Artemis delay after requested funding halved
... is for New Frontiers missions and $190.4 million is for Discovery missions. NASA’s successor to Hubble, the James Webb Space Telescope, was also allocated $423 million and funding was also provided for a new space...
04 May 2020
Exoplanets with hydrogen-rich atmospheres could harbour life
... build up in sizeable abundances and eventually become 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...
23 June 2021
Exoplanets with Earth-like biospheres may be rare
... we might hope,” Giovanni Covone of the University of Naples, lead author of the study says. When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launches later this year, it will have the sensitivity to study the atmospheres of exoplanets...
16 July 2021
NASA's $25 billion FY2022 funding bill is approved
... for Mars Sample Return, $68.6 million more for Europa Clipper, and $175,400 for the James Webb Space telescope. Aeronautics research was granted $935 million as part of the bill, whilst the $1425 million...
11 March 2019
NASA outlines future Moon to Mars plans
... generations. We will reveal the unknown with missions to Jupiter’s moon Europa and the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. We will continue planning and developing the first round-trip mission to the Red Planet...
12 July 2022
Star billing for first Webb picture
... the telescope’s first-full colour images. The full suite will be released today (12 July), beginning at 16:30 CEST. Webb is the largest, most powerful telescope ever launched into space. Under an international collaboration agreement, ESA provided...
