Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have peered deep into one of the Milky Way's most radiation-intense star-forming regions, revealing that Earth-like planets can form even in ...

Thanks to its special talents, the James Webb telescope could very well have a similar effect. Unlike the Hubble Space Telescope, the James Webb doesn’t see in visible light — the range of ...

The James Webb Space Telescope will give a glimpse of the earliest galaxies formed after the Big Bang — but only if the telescope is kept frigid. That's why there's a tennis court-sized sunshield.

After an astounding first year of science, the James Webb Space Telescope is just getting started as scientists are fully beginning to grasp how they can utilize the most powerful space telescope e… ...

Webb’s final destination is a spot in space called L2, about 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth. The telescope will actually orbit L2 as L2 orbits the sun (as shown in this animation).

The nearby bright star Vega is surrounded by a surprisingly smooth, 100 billion-mile-wide disk of cosmic dust, confirming that it is not surrounded by any exoplanets, JWST images reveal. And ...

The James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s premier observatory of the next decade, successfully launched to space Saturday morning. The telescope will study exoplanets in new ways and look deeper ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's main mirror is fully aligned and performs even better than it had been designed for, NASA revealed in a briefing on Wednesday (March 16).

Marcia Rieke receives funding from NASA. NASA is scheduled to release the first images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12, 2022. They’ll mark the beginning of the next era in ...

Scientists have been taking the James Webb Space Telescope for a test drive as they get ready to unleash the most powerful space observatory’s instruments on the universe. On Monday, Webb ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is set to launch in the coming months, and when it does, it will completely revolutionize how we hunt for habitable planets. Skip to main content Menu ...

Artist’s impression of the James Webb Space Telescope ESA/ATG medialab. The Hubble Space Telescope is a beloved scientific institution, but at more than 20 years old it’s getting rather long ...