27 September 2016
Astronomers observe possible water vapour plumes on Europa
... and dust emanating from its surface. Scientists will have to wait until 2018, when the James Webb Space Telescope is launched and infra red instruments on board can confirm (or deny) venting or plume activity on Europa...
01 September 2017
TRAPPIST-1 planets could contain substantial amounts of water
... that the outer planets are the best candidates to search for water with the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), they also highlight the need for theoretical studies and complementary observations at all...
01 December 2017
Search for life more difficult than previously assumed
... still be habitable," Carone explains. And with the combination of improved data from telescopes such as the James Webb Space Telescope when it is launched in 2019 coupled with advances in computer modelling, significant progress in this exciting...
09 February 2018
New research on rocky worlds helps identify Earth-like planets
... to test our ideas about how super-Earths form and evolve, potentially using NASA's upcoming James Webb Space Telescope." New data was also released this week on the seven planets orbiting the nearby...
19 February 2018
TESS arrives in Florida ahead of its April launch
... targets for follow-up observations with large ground telescopes, the Hubble Space telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope, which is set for launch next year.
03 April 2018
Astronomers unexpectedly find the most distant star ever discovered
... primordial black holes with about 30 times the mass of the Sun or less. Nonetheless, once the James Webb Space Telescope gets off the ground, the team suggest that with microlensing, it will be possible to study...
