James Webb Space Telescope
Webb is Cool, but it Still Needs to get Cooler
Cooling things down in space is trickier than it might sound. But that is exactly the process the James Webb…
James Webb’s First Pictures are Out! But it’s a Work in Progress
Scientists from the James Webb Space Telescope shared the first images from space taken by the new telescope. Since the…
The Big Spaceflight Stories You Should be Watching in 2022
There are so many exciting spaceflight missions and milestones in store for 2022! Here are some of the biggest stories…
Want to Know What James Webb Looks Like in Powerful Earth Telescopes? Prepare to be Underwhelmed
The Virtual Telescope Project recently provided images of the James Webb Space Telescope in the night sky.
Webb Has Arrived Successfully at L2
It’s really happening. The James Webb Space Telescope has successfully reached its orbital destination in space, 1.5 million km (1…
Exoplanet Found With a Highly Eccentric Orbit
Observations made by an international team of researchers has found a mini-Neptune with the most eccentric orbit of any planet…
Webb’s Mirror Now Fully Unfolded. Prepare to Witness the Power of This Unprecedented Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope primary mirror is now fully unfolded, which successfully completes the mission's major deployments. The starboard…
JWST Deploys its Secondary Mirror. It’s a Real Telescope Now
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a telescope. The secondary mirror on the James Webb Space Telescope was successfully deployed in…
Success! Webb Sunshield Now Fully Deployed
If you felt a little more tension – and perhaps more goosebumps -- in the Universe today, it’s probably because…
JWST Just Deployed a Sail That Lets it Stop Getting Pushed Around by the Sun’s Radiation.
The James Webb just deployed another important instrument - the aft momentum flap - that will keep the telescope steady…