Both sides of the James Webb Space Telescope’s sunshield were lifted vertically in preparation for the folding of the sunshield layers. Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn Engineers…
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The James Webb Space Telescope is a space observatory to see further into the Universe than ever before. It is designed to answer outstanding questions…
NASA’s $10 Billion James Webb Space Telescope Completes Final Functional Tests to Prepare for Launch
NASA’s $10 Billion James Webb Space Telescope Completes Final Functional Tests to Prepare for Launch
Shown with its primary mirror fully deployed, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the largest and most technically complex space science telescope NASA has ever…
This image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows the heart of the globular star cluster Messier 92 (M92), one of the oldest and brightest in…
Artist’s concept of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, and Northrop Grumman Deep-sky survey seeks to answer some of astronomy’s most pressing questions.…
The James Webb Space Telescope’s final tests are underway with the successful completion of its last sunshield deployment test, which occurred at Northrop Grumman in…
An artist impression of the James Webb Space Telescope, fully deployed. Credit: NASA Two new studies from the University of Melbourne will help the largest,…
Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, are two of the most well-known residents of the Kuiper Belt. This composite of enhanced color images of Pluto…
This artist’s illustration portrays two galaxies that existed in the first billion years of the universe. The larger galaxy at left hosts a brilliant quasar…
Two near-infrared composite images showing a 33 trillion-mile section of the Western Wall, a cloud of gas and dust in a star-forming region of the…
For the first time ever, testing teams at Northrop Grumman in Redondo Beach, California carefully lifted the fully assembled James Webb Space Telescope in order…
Although the two galaxies in NGC 3256 appear merged when viewed in visible light, a second, bright nucleus is found hiding among the tangle of…
A planet orbiting a small star produces strong atmospheric signals when it passes in front, or “transits,” its host star, as pictured above. White dwarfs…
Technologists holding the solar array of the James Webb Space Telescope after a test of the array earlier in 2020. The fifth panel of the…
Shown with its primary mirror fully deployed, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the largest and most technically complex space science telescope NASA has ever…
Rendering of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Credits: Northrop Grumman The James Webb Space Telescope is an international endeavor with widespread global contributions and experts…
The moon Io orbits Jupiter in this image from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Jupiter and Io appear deceptively close in this image, when in fact the…
A photo of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope after a successful deployment test of its primary mirror into the same configuration it will have…
The CEERS Survey researchers will use the James Webb Space Telescope to observe the Extended Groth Strip in infrared light. Their observations employ three of…
Knicole Colon, astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, seen with the James Webb Space Telesocpe at Northrop Grumman Corporation in Redondo Beach, California. Credit:…