August 2017
On-orbit assembly will deliver major benefits in coming decade
...candidates that can be characterised, and the relation is plotted in Figure 2. Data points are included for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the latter being the next NASA HDST mission planned for launch...
22 November 2015
James Webb Space Telescope prepped to receive gold-coated primary mirror segments
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the much anticipated successor to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), that when operational will be able to see the first galaxies forming approximately 13.5 billion years ago, is being primed to receive all 18 ...
November 2020
The alien hunter’s field manual
... with another that only measures one other, as would be applicable when combining one of the most immediate experiments like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) with a large scale SETI search for technosignatures. In this case, each survey provides...
11 September 2019
First detection of atmospheric water vapour on 'super-Earth' in habitable zone
... will have to wait a few more years when the likes of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the ARIEL telescope are launched, so that other molecular species can be detected. ARIEL, the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey...
20 January 2017
Winners and potential losers of the Obama and Trump administrations
... then that not all is lost. Nonetheless, speaking at a press conference last year on the likelihood of whether the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) would remain unscathed as President Trump takes office, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden is reported...
04 October 2019
Have ancient filaments helped uncover the nature of dark matter?
...for how to do this." With a new generation of telescopes getting ready for launch – including the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) – scientists will hopefully have the tools to look further back into the history of the Universe than ever before. And...
