04 May 2020
Exoplanets with hydrogen-rich atmospheres could harbour life
... 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 of exoplanetary atmospheres...
07 April 2021
Astronomers find a rare pair of double quasars in the early Universe
... team completed with the help of several space and ground-based telescopes, because despite their enormous size and energy... down to two pairs with the help of the Hubble Space Telescope. Finally, the team used the the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph...
12 July 2019
Hubble uncovers black hole that shouldn't exist
...Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have observed an unexpected thin disc... swirling deep inside this disc, the researchers used the Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) instrument. This diagnostic tool divides the light...
16 December 2021
NASA delays launch of JWST
... already pushed back after an incident. This time a communication problem is to blame, say NASA. "The James Webb Space Telescope team is working a communication issue between the observatory and the launch vehicle system," a brief update on the...
November 2025
Searching for life beyond Earth
... and where to look, we have a real shot at finding and studying an Earth-like world. The James Webb Space Telescope gives us our first real opportunity in human history to try to answer the question: are we alone? It’s capable of analysing...
24 December 2021
Less than 24hrs to go before the launch of JWST!
... at the launch site, the James Webb Space Telescope is the most complex space science observatory ever built. Not only will ...surface area roughly six times larger than that of the Hubble Space Telescope, it has the ability to see some of the earliest ...
