James Webb Space Telescope
The Color of Habitable Worlds
“This is where we live. On a Blue Dot.” said Carl Sagan when the now famous Pale Blue Dot photo…
James Webb Will Look for Signs of Life on Planets Orbiting Dead Stars
Can the galaxy's dead stars help us in our search for life? A group of researchers from Cornell University thinks…
James Webb is Working Perfectly! On the Ground. Next Trick: Doing it From Space
The James Webb Space Telescope recently passed another critical milestone - the Ground Segment Test - and is on track…
James Webb Completes a Comprehensive Systems Test for the First Time
The James Webb Space Telescope just passed the critical Comprehensive Systems Test (CST), bringing it a step closer to its…
Well. It Looks Like James Webb is Getting Delayed Again, but it Should Still Launch in 2021
This is probably one of the least surprising announcements to come out of the coronavirus pandemic. During a virtual meeting…
James Webb is Fully Stowed Into its Launch Configuration
We're inching closer and closer to the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) launch date of March 30th, 2021, (or maybe…
Worlds With Hydrogen in Their Atmospheres Could Be the Perfect Place to Search for Life
We're waiting patiently for telescopes like the James Webb Space Telescope to see first light, and one of the reasons…
How Will Clouds Obscure the View of Exoplanet Surfaces?
A new study shows how the presence of a cloud layer could make it harder for the James Webb Space…
It Looks Like James Webb’s Launch Date is Going to Slip to July 2021
Put "James Webb Telescope launch" into your search engine and you'll be flooded with links, some reaching back to the…
This Simulation Shows what We’ll be Able to See with WFIRST
NASA has given us a taste of what the WFIRST will be able to see when it takes to space,…