Webb Telescope
Webb Weighs an Early Twin of the Milky Way
Astronomers have used JWST to weigh a galaxy in the early Universe, finding that it has roughly the same mass…
Fantastic New Image of the Sombrero Galaxy From Webb
You're looking at a fantastic new image of the Sombrero Galaxy captured by JWST. If you look carefully, you can…
Webb Completes Its Second Year of Operations
What happens when a spiral and an elliptical galaxy collide? To celebrate the second anniversary of the "first light" for…
The Universe Could Be Twice As Old if Light is Tired and Physical Constants Change
A new paper argues that the universe is 26.7 billion years old. But the model only works by assuming tired…
JWST Pioneer Passes Along Advice for Future Space Telescope Builders
After a quarter-century of development, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is a smashing success. But senior project scientist John Mather,…
Webb has Now Taken the Sharpest Image the Laws of Physics Allow
Engineers and scientists for the James Webb Space Telescope have completed two more steps in the telescope’s primary mirror alignment…
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Launch Delayed to 2019
The most powerful space telescope ever built will have to wait on the ground for a few more months into…
NASA Webb Telescope Resumes Rigorous Vibration Qualification Tests
Engineers have resumed a series of critical and rigorous vibration qualification tests on NASA’s mammoth James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)…