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Meet MIRI, Infrared Camera for Webb Telescope
Our friend Will Gater from the BBC's Sky At Night Magazine had the chance to get a behind-the-scenes tour of…
James Webb Mirrors Pass Deep-Freeze Exams
[/caption] The last of the 21 mirrors for the James Webb Space Telescope have come out of deep freeze –…
Senate Approves Bill Funding JWST
This afternoon the U.S. Senate approved H.R. 2112, a FY 2012 bill from Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski that would fund…
What is Vision? (A Save The James Webb Support Video)
Do you love astronomy? Do you appreciate science? Do you have a curiosity about the nature of our Universe, how…
Senate Saves the James Webb Space Telescope!
The 2012 fiscal year appropriation bill, marked up today by the Senate, allows for continued funding of the James Webb…
First JWST Instrument Passes Tests
[/caption] One of many instruments that will fly aboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just passed critical testing…
Webb Telescope FAQs
How is the James Webb Space Telescope different than the Hubble Space Telescope? What will JWST be looking for when…
JWST Sunscreen Offers SPF 1,000,000
The James Webb Space Telescope will have a sunshield that is about the size of a tennis court, and mission…
JWST Built with ‘Unobtainium’
[/caption] The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the much anticipated, long awaited “next generation” telescope, which we hope will…
Extrasolar Volcanoes May Soon be Detectable
[/caption] We’ve all seen pictures of erupting terrestrial volcanoes from space, and even eruptions on Jupiter’s moon Io in the…