Tag: James Webb Space Telescope
SpaceX and astronomers come to agreement on reducing Starlink astronomy impact
By John LoefflerWith the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, as with the Hubble Space Telescope before it, space-based astronomy gets a lot...
Problem Detected on the James Webb Space Telescope – MIRI Anomaly
Mid-Infrared Instrument Operations Update
The James Webb Space Telescope’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) has four observing modes. During setup for a science observation on August 24,...
James Webb Space Telescope spots alien planet shrouded in weird sand-filled clouds
By Tereza Pultarova
The James Webb Space Telescope has found a strange alien world shrouded in clouds of sand-like silicate grains.The exoplanet discovery, described in...
What’s so special about the James Webb Space Telescope’s new images?
By Amy BarrettScientists at NASA, ESA and CSA have shared the first batch of full-colour images produced by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)...
James Webb telescope: a scientist explains what its first, amazing images show – and how it will change astronomy
by Martin Barstow, University of Leicester
After decades of development and many trials and frustrations along the way, the James Webb telescope has finally started...
Two experts break down the James Webb Space Telescopes’s first images, and explain what we’ve already learnt
By Karl Glazebrook, Swinburne University of Technology and Simon Driver, The University of Western AustraliaToday we saw the release of the first batch of...