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James Webb Space Telescope

Why Dying Stars Might be a Good Place to Look for Life

February 26, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter We’ve currently found 867 different exoplanets, but have yet to definitely determine if one of those harbors life. How will astronomers make that determination? They’ll look at things such as its composition, orbital properties, atmosphere, and potential chemical interactions. While oxygen [...]

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Watch the James Webb Telescope Being Built Via “Webb-cam”

July 3, 2012

Want to watch the highly anticipated James Webb Space Telescope come together? NASA has set up a webcam – in this case a “Webb-cam” — for anyone to track the progress JWST inside a clean room at Goddard Space Flight Center. Recently, the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) was delivered and it will be integrated into the [...]

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Build a NASA Satellite, Study the Universe Online

June 26, 2012

Thanks to a new online game from NASA, everyone can be an engineer or astronomer and build a satellite to uncover planets orbiting distant stars, unravel the secrets of a black hole, or tease out the faint glow of the early Universe. Remove this ad

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Meet MIRI, Infrared Camera for Webb Telescope

May 17, 2012

Our friend Will Gater from the BBC’s Sky At Night Magazine had the chance to get a behind-the-scenes tour of the facility that is building the Mid-Infrared Instrument on the long-awaited James Webb Space Telescope. You’ll meet MIRI inside clean room at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK, before it’s packaged up and sent [...]

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Rumors of Continued Soaring Life-Cycle Costs for Webb Telescope

August 22, 2011

Under the threat of cancellation because of cost overruns, this is about the worst news the James Webb Space Telescope could get. A report in Aviation Week & Space Technology says the life cycle costs for developing, launching and managing a five-year mission for the giant space telescope has risen to $8.7 billion, up from [...]

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