James Webb Telescope

Introduction The James Webb Telescope is like a big eye in the sky that helps us see things really far away. It has a special mirror that collects light from stars and galaxies and makes them look bigger and brighter. …

Meet the first exoplanet discovered within the habitable zone of its star with confirmed water in its atmosphere: K2–18b — If water is a requirement for life, have we just found our first best candidate for extraterrestrial habitation? K2–18b is the second world out from its sun, a red dwarf star, in a solar system 111 light years away from Earth. It is considered a “super-Earth”, many times our own…

There are many exciting space missions currently underway, each with its own unique goals and objectives. Here are a few examples: Mars Exploration: NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars in February 2021 and is currently exploring the Jezero Crater, a site believed to have once been a lake. The mission’s…

Launched in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has already sent home breathtaking images that have inspired the public and intrigued astronomers. Research Features caught up with Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist John C Mather, Senior Project Scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope, Senior Astrophysicist at the Observational Cosmology Laboratory…

(JWST) is the most advanced telescope ever built, with a primary objective of studying the formation of galaxies, and stars, and potentially providing insights into the possibility of life beyond our solar system. For decades, scientists and astronomers have been studying the universe through telescopes, trying to unravel its mysteries…

Where does it all begin? Where does it all end? A world far beyond… My kids will never stop fantasizing about rocket launches. I think it’s the same for most kids born in recent times. One of my friends told me his son has been raving about being an astronaut…

Hello everyone! With the launch and deployment of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) last year and the amazing developments coming from it, I thought it would be useful to get to know some of the amazing science and engineering behind it, as well as how it actually works. …

The recently launched James Webb Telescope shares its breathtaking preliminary results, showcasing the capabilities of the cutting-edge telescope

Thanks to NASA’s Webb Space Telescope, and art from around the world inspired by it, the Space Age has never looked better. For those who haven’t been eagerly following its meteoric progress across the galaxy since 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large, infrared-optimized space observatory. Successor…