Major Milestone: NASA's Webb Telescope Does A First In Space As It Unfolds Gold Coated Primary Mirror
3 years ago

Major Milestone: NASA's Webb Telescope Does A First In Space As It Unfolds Gold Coated Primary Mirror

ABP News  

New Delhi: The NASA James Webb Space Telescope, or Webb, the most powerful and complex space observatory ever built, has achieved a major milestone. The official twitter handle of the Webb Space Telescope posted that 50 major deployments were complete with the successful deployment and latching of the telescope's last mirror wing. Webb has 18 hexagonal mirror segments which were engineered to fold back to reduce the telescope's overall profile for flight, and each side panel holds three primary mirror segments. George L Robinson, Webb program director at NASA Headquarters, said that the successful completion of all of the Webb Space Telescope's deployments is historic, because this is the first time a NASA-led mission has ever attempted to complete a complex sequence to unfold an observatory in space.

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Why the James Webb Space Telescope has been a gift to humanity
3 months ago

Why the James Webb Space Telescope has been a gift to humanity

Salon  

As the finger-like celestial objects seem to grasp into the heavens, the Pillars of Creation are almost impossible to adequately describe with human language. Siegel's new book, "Infinite Cosmos: Visions From the James Webb Space Telescope," was released on Oct. 8th. Images of the Pillars of Creation taken from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in 2014 and a new, near-infrared-light view …

Researchers find second-most distant galaxy using James Webb telescope
1 year, 1 month ago

Researchers find second-most distant galaxy using James Webb telescope

Live Mint  

It is turning out to be a month of more discoveries for the James Webb Space Telescope. Now, an international team led by Penn State researchers have discovered the second- and fourth-most distant galaxies ever observed in a region of space known as Pandora’s Cluster, or Abell 2744, using data from JWST. At nearly 33 billion light years away, these …

NASA celebrates James Webb Space Telescope's first anniversary with mesmerizing image of star's birth in stunning detail
1 year, 5 months ago

NASA celebrates James Webb Space Telescope's first anniversary with mesmerizing image of star's birth in stunning detail

Hindustan Times  

The James Webb Space Telescope has marked its first anniversary with a breathtaking image showcasing the birth of a star in the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex. In this photo provided by NASA, technicians lift the mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope using a crane, Close encounter with stellar creation The newly released image features the closest star-forming region to …

James Webb Space Telescope captures star-filled new images of the Pillars of Creation
2 years, 2 months ago

James Webb Space Telescope captures star-filled new images of the Pillars of Creation

ABC  

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a spectacular and highly detailed landscape of the iconic Pillars of Creation in new pictures released by NASA. Key points: The James Webb Space Telescope uses infrared light to peer further into the cosmos than visible-light telescopes like Hubble The view from James Webb helps to peer through dust in the star-forming region …

How to follow the James Webb Space Telescope week by week
2 years, 5 months ago

How to follow the James Webb Space Telescope week by week

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The James Webb Space Telescope opened big on 12 July, with five full …

James Webb Telescope Hit By Multiple Micrometeoroids, And The Damage 'Cannot Be Corrected'
2 years, 5 months ago

James Webb Telescope Hit By Multiple Micrometeoroids, And The Damage 'Cannot Be Corrected'

ABP News  

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was hit by a micrometeoroid in late May 2022. However, the micrometeoroid which hit segment C3 between May 23 and May 25 caused "significant uncorrectable change" in the overall figure of that segment, the report said. The mirrors and sunshield are expected to slowly degrade from micrometeoroid impacts, and the detectors are expected to experience …

A new generation of scientists gets ready to commandeer the James Webb Space Telescope
2 years, 5 months ago

A new generation of scientists gets ready to commandeer the James Webb Space Telescope

LA Times  

Sofía Rojas stands atop an antenna at the Very Large Array in central New Mexico. It was from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Science Mission Office, informing her that she’s been allotted 18 hours to commandeer the telescope. Six times larger and 100 times more powerful than the Hubble Space Telescope, Webb’s ability to observe infrared light enables it to …

Asteroid hit permanently damaged Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope: Report
2 years, 5 months ago

Asteroid hit permanently damaged Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope: Report

Hindustan Times  

Even as the first images captured by Nasa's space telescope James Webb - the world's largest and most powerful of its kind - have amazed the world, scientists say the device suffered permanent damage due to a series of asteroid attacks in May. Images of the universe captured by Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope have stunned the world. On May …

Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope damaged after being smashed by space rock, images show
2 years, 5 months ago

Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope damaged after being smashed by space rock, images show

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Damage to the James Webb Telescope’s primary mirror from a micrometeorite strike in …

Why the first Webb telescope images mean so much to scientists
2 years, 5 months ago

Why the first Webb telescope images mean so much to scientists

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. These included the first Webb deep field image, the deepest image of the universe taken so far, …

Explained: The James Webb telescope that brought us an image of how the universe looked 13 billion years ago
2 years, 5 months ago

Explained: The James Webb telescope that brought us an image of how the universe looked 13 billion years ago

Firstpost  

The James Webb telescope, built at a cost of $10 billion, has seen many delays before it was launched in December 2021. Reported to be the most powerful telescope, it looks to reshape our understanding of the dawn of the universe The much-hyped James Webb telescope released its first full-colour picture on Tuesday — and it doesn’t disappoint. We can …

What is James Webb Space Telescope and why are the new images so important?
2 years, 5 months ago

What is James Webb Space Telescope and why are the new images so important?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The first pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope have been made public, …

NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Captures Infrared Images Of Galaxies Formed After Big Bang
2 years, 5 months ago

NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Captures Infrared Images Of Galaxies Formed After Big Bang

News 18  

Humanity’s view of the distant cosmos will never be the same. The James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful to be placed in orbit, has revealed the clearest image to date of the early universe, going back 13 billion years, US space agency NASA said Monday. Known as Webb’s First Deep Field, it shows the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, which …

James Webb Space Telescope's First Photos Reveal How Universe Looked 13 Billion Years Ago
2 years, 5 months ago

James Webb Space Telescope's First Photos Reveal How Universe Looked 13 Billion Years Ago

News 18  

US president Joe Biden released one of the first images of the universe the James Webb Space Telescope clicked on Monday. Using the gravitational lensing technology, the Webb telescope created the first deep field view of old, distant and faint galaxies. The images were clicked at different wavelengths of light over the course of twelve and a half hours and …

NASA’s space telescope reveals sharpest infrared view of the universe to date
2 years, 5 months ago

NASA’s space telescope reveals sharpest infrared view of the universe to date

Live Mint  

President Joe Biden has released one of the James Webb Space Telescope’s first images in a preview event at the White House in Washington. “Webb can see backwards in time to just after the Big Bang by looking for galaxies that are so far away that the light has taken many billions of years to get from those galaxies to …

Impact confirmed! James Webb Telescope hit by micrometeoroid in space
2 years, 7 months ago

Impact confirmed! James Webb Telescope hit by micrometeoroid in space

India Today  

Tucked away 15,00,000 kilometers from last human contact, the James Webb Telescope is ready to beam back the first ultra-detailed images from the birth of our universe. Nasa said that between May 23 and 25 the James Webb Space Telescope sustained an impact on one of its primary mirror segments. Webb's mirror was engineered to withstand bombardment with dust-sized particles …

NASA releases stunning new images comparing sharper view of Universe using Webb MIRI vs Spitzer telescopes
2 years, 8 months ago

NASA releases stunning new images comparing sharper view of Universe using Webb MIRI vs Spitzer telescopes

India TV News  

Highlights NASA releases stunning new images of satellite galaxy near Milky Way Images compare view using Webb MIRI vs Spitzer telescopes James Webb Space Telescope is world’s largest, most powerful, complex telescope ever built NASA has released new stunning images of a nearby galaxy to our Milky Way taken from The James Webb Space Telescope and comparing the view using …

James Webb Telescope up and running: Mirrors aligned, science to begin by July
2 years, 8 months ago

James Webb Telescope up and running: Mirrors aligned, science to begin by July

India Today  

After spending over three months at its new home, the James Webb Telescope is fully aligned. While the James Webb Team remains quiet on what will be the telescope’s first target, a detailed schedule of the telescope’s missions has been released online. “Upon completing the seventh and final stage of telescope alignment, the team held a set of key decision …

The James Webb Space Telescope is fully aligned and ready to observe the universe
2 years, 8 months ago

The James Webb Space Telescope is fully aligned and ready to observe the universe

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — The James Webb Space Telescope is ready to observe the universe. Hailed as the world’s premier space observatory, Webb has successfully completed a number of steps within the past few months that were crucial for aligning its 18 gold mirror segments. “These remarkable test images from a successfully aligned telescope …

James Webb Telescope: When the stars came out
2 years, 8 months ago

James Webb Telescope: When the stars came out

The Hindu  

The dominant narrative these days across much of the world is, as Ayn Rand said about her novel The Fountainhead, the story of ‘individualism versus collectivism, not in politics, but in man’s soul’. One of the most significant technological achievements of the last few years, that involved construction, transportation, launching, alignment, and deployment in deep space, the James Webb Space …

The James Webb Space Telescope sends back a selfie
2 years, 9 months ago

The James Webb Space Telescope sends back a selfie

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The James Webb Space Telescope just sent back a selfie. As part of …

Webb telescope shares new image after reaching optics milestone
2 years, 9 months ago

Webb telescope shares new image after reaching optics milestone

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “The images are focused together as finely as the laws of physics allow,” said Marshall Perrin, Webb deputy telescope scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. “But as we were focusing on those bright stars, we couldn’t help but see the rest of the universe coming into focus behind them, …

James Webb Telescope clicks selfie without a camera as first light hits golden mirrors
2 years, 10 months ago

James Webb Telescope clicks selfie without a camera as first light hits golden mirrors

India Today  

Nasa on Friday, February 11, released first-ever images taken from the James Webb Space Telescope, including a 'selfie' of its primary mirror. James Webb Telescope to feel the shivers in space at -223 degrees Celsius The Nasa Webb Telescope on its official twitter handle said, "This “selfie” taken by Webb of its primary mirror was not captured by an externally …

Webb telescope’s first test images include an unexpected ‘selfie’
2 years, 11 months ago

Webb telescope’s first test images include an unexpected ‘selfie’

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. NASA Capturing starlight Webb’s latest challenge was a trial run of the Near Infrared Camera, or NIRCam, identifying dots of starlight from the same star in each of the 18 hexagonal segments of its massive mirror. Webb created a mosaic of 18 points of starlight when mirror segments reflected this light back …

And then there was light! First photons strike iconic golden mirrors on James Webb Telescope
2 years, 11 months ago

And then there was light! First photons strike iconic golden mirrors on James Webb Telescope

India Today  

Over a week after arriving at the second Lagrangian point from where it will observe the birth of our universe, the James Webb Telescope began its three-month-long process to align the mirrors. The US space agency said that to work together, the telescope’s 18 primary mirror segments need to match each other to a fraction of a wavelength of light …

This is where James Webb Telescope will look at for the first time in space
2 years, 11 months ago

This is where James Webb Telescope will look at for the first time in space

India Today  

Nearly a week after the James Webb Space Telescope reached its intended orbit, engineers are working to align the mirrors in order for it to capture the first images. After the last wing deployment, more than one person made comments like, ‘it seemed so simple; did we overstate the complexity and difficulty of the deployments?’ The perfection of the deployment …

A Million Miles Away From Earth, What Next For James Webb Space Telescope?
2 years, 11 months ago

A Million Miles Away From Earth, What Next For James Webb Space Telescope?

News 18  

NASA?s next-generation James Webb telescope, which travelled about 1 million miles from Earth, has reached its final destination. The first is precisely aligning the 18 hexagonal segments that make up Webb?s 6.5 meters wide primary mirror. Further, the Webb team will focus each of the 18 primary mirror segments on a bright, distant star. After the primary mirror is set …

James Webb Space Telescope reaches final destination, parked 15,00,000 km from Earth
2 years, 11 months ago

James Webb Space Telescope reaches final destination, parked 15,00,000 km from Earth

India Today  

The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at its cosmic parking spot a million miles away, bringing it a step closer to its mission to unravel the mysteries of the Universe, Nasa said Monday. The delicate burn added 3.6 miles per hour to Webb's overall speed, just enough to bring it into a "halo" orbit around L2, 1.5 million kilometers …

James Webb Space Telescope Completes Mirror Deployment Process
2 years, 11 months ago

James Webb Space Telescope Completes Mirror Deployment Process

News 18  

James Webb telescope, the largest space telescope has deployed all of the hexagonal mirror segments. The delicate operation that required the James Webb observatory?s individual mirror segments out of their launch positions took nearly a week. NASA said that its engineers sent commands to the motors, which are called actuators to slowly move each segment about half the length of …

Iconic golden mirrors on James Webb Telescope fully deployed, all set to see birth of our universe
2 years, 11 months ago

Iconic golden mirrors on James Webb Telescope fully deployed, all set to see birth of our universe

India Today  

Nearly a month after it lifted off from French Guiana, the engineering marvel that is the James Webb Telescope has taken its complete shape in the vacuum of shape. Once the mirrors were opened up in space as the telescope continues cruising to its intended orbit, the primary mirror segments were driven 12.5 millimeters away from the telescope structure, using …

Story of iconic golden mirrors on James Webb Telescope and challenge of setting them up in space
2 years, 11 months ago

Story of iconic golden mirrors on James Webb Telescope and challenge of setting them up in space

India Today  

The James Webb Telescope is travelling nearly 15,00,000 kilometers away from Earth to a destination from where it hopes to look at first light, moments after the formation of our universe. The golden mirrors on the James Webb Space Telescope are a result of years of research and development. Based on the analysis, scientists recommended the beryllium mirrors for the …

Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope begins unprecedented task of aligning itself
2 years, 11 months ago

Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope begins unprecedented task of aligning itself

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nasa has begun the process of focusing the James Webb Space Telescope so …

James Webb Space Telescope: What’s next for the alien hunter and when will it send first photos of the stars?
2 years, 11 months ago

James Webb Space Telescope: What’s next for the alien hunter and when will it send first photos of the stars?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope is now safely launched, but there is still …

What happens next as James Webb Telescope is deployed in space?
3 years ago

What happens next as James Webb Telescope is deployed in space?

India Today  

With the James Webb Telescope now fully open with all mirrors in place and a sun shield protecting it from the heat of the Sun, Moon and Earth the observatory is in a cooling down phase. The James Webb Telescope is travelling to the second Lagrange point nearly 15,00,000 kilometers away from home. Graphic: Nasa The five months of commissioning …

Webb Space Telescope wraps up risky deployment but faces more hurdles
3 years ago

Webb Space Telescope wraps up risky deployment but faces more hurdles

Live Mint  

After decades of development and two weeks after it launched into space aboard a towering rocket, the James Webb Space Telescope has completed its intricate unfolding process and is now fully deployed. “It’s definitely a roller coaster," Keith Parrish, Webb’s observatory manager at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, said of his shifting emotions during the deployment process. “If you’d asked …

'Amazing milestone' as Nasa fully deploys Webb telescope in space
3 years ago

'Amazing milestone' as Nasa fully deploys Webb telescope in space

India Today  

The most powerful space telescope ever built completed a tricky two-week-long deployment phase on Saturday, unfolding its final golden mirror panel, as it readies to study every phase of cosmic history. Stay tuned over the coming months as the space telescope reaches its destination of Lagrange point 2 and prepares to #UnfoldTheUniverse: pic.twitter.com/qg6jmVRCsH — NASA January 8, 2022 Unfurling has …

James Webb Space Telescope unfolds its giant mirror in space
3 years ago

James Webb Space Telescope unfolds its giant mirror in space

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “Webb’s secondary mirror had to deploy in microgravity, and in extremely cold temperatures, and it ultimately had to work the first time without error,” said Lee Feinberg, optical telescope element manager for Webb at NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, in a statement on Wednesday. “It also had to deploy, position, …

Zero-gravity ballet: James Webb Space Telescope deploys sunshield and mirror
3 years ago

Zero-gravity ballet: James Webb Space Telescope deploys sunshield and mirror

NPR  

Zero-gravity ballet: James Webb Space Telescope deploys sunshield and mirror Enlarge this image toggle caption Chris Gunn/NASA Chris Gunn/NASA Mission operators cheered late Wednesday morning after NASA's James Webb Space Telescope successfully deployed its secondary mirror, one day after setting up its enormous sunshield without a hitch. "You guys did a heck of a job," he told the team assembled …

James Webb Space Telescope spreads its shiny wings 8,00,000 km away from home
3 years ago

James Webb Space Telescope spreads its shiny wings 8,00,000 km away from home

India Today  

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its iconic kite-like shape in space as it continues to fly away from Earth. Engineers will begin the tensioning of the sunshield on Monday, ensuring the telescope is in prime condition to begin the next major deployment step in its unfolding process. But we want to take our time and understand everything we …

James Webb Telescope just got an extra dose of life, set to exceed 10-year-lifetime in space
3 years ago

James Webb Telescope just got an extra dose of life, set to exceed 10-year-lifetime in space

India Today  

Designed for an operational life of 10 years, the James Webb Space Telescope could work way beyond this time frame, engineers said. The spacecraft has rocket propellant in its tanks not only for midcourse correction and insertion into orbit around L2, but also for necessary functions during the life of the mission, including “station keeping” manoeuvres small thruster burns to …

The James Webb Space Telescope has started unfurling its giant sunshield
3 years ago

The James Webb Space Telescope has started unfurling its giant sunshield

NPR  

The James Webb Space Telescope has started unfurling its giant sunshield Enlarge this image toggle caption NASA NASA The James Webb Space Telescope, on a long and winding journey to its job site a million miles from Earth, has begun the key task of unfurling a giant umbrella-like shield to protect its delicate instruments from the intense radiation of the …

Most complicated challenge in space begins, unfolding $10 bn James Webb Telescope
3 years ago

Most complicated challenge in space begins, unfolding $10 bn James Webb Telescope

India Today  

A day after the James Webb Telescope crossed the altitude of the Moon, engineers began the most challenging task ahead — deploying its sunshield. The mission successfully deployed the forward and back Pallet Structures that hold within them Webb’s most unpredictable and in many ways complicated component: the sunshield. "Deploying the structures included closely monitoring temperatures, maneuvering the observatory with …

James Webb Space Telescope launches successfully after years of delay
3 years ago

James Webb Space Telescope launches successfully after years of delay

Live Mint  

The James Webb Space Telescope launched successfully early Saturday, rising skyward aboard an Ariane 5 rocket that lifted off at 7:20 a.m. Eastern Standard Time from a pad in Kourou, French Guiana, and beginning a 29-day journey to its orbital perch some 1 million miles from Earth. “Milestone achieved," the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said in a tweet after …

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launches on a mission to unlock secrets of universe | WATCH
3 years ago

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launches on a mission to unlock secrets of universe | WATCH

India TV News  

The world’s largest and most powerful space telescope rocketed away Saturday on a high-stakes quest to behold light from the first stars and galaxies and scour the universe for hints of life. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope soared from French Guiana on South America’s northeastern coast, riding a European Ariane rocket into the Christmas morning sky. But he cautioned: “When …

NASA's revolutionary new space telescope launched
3 years ago

NASA's revolutionary new space telescope launched

The Hindu  

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, built to give the world a glimpse of the universe as it existed when the first galaxies formed, was launched by rocket early on December 25 from South America’s northeastern coast, opening a new era of astronomy. The revolutionary $9-billion infrared telescope, hailed by NASA as the premier space-science observatory of the next decade, was …

Powerful James Webb Telescope Blasts Off on Historic Million-mile Voyage
3 years ago

Powerful James Webb Telescope Blasts Off on Historic Million-mile Voyage

News 18  

The world’s most powerful space telescope on Saturday blasted off into orbit, headed to an outpost 1.5 million kilometres from Earth, after several delays caused by technical hitches. The James Webb Space Telescope, some three decades and billions of dollars in the making, left Earth enclosed in its Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana. Named after …

Space telescope launched on daring quest to behold 1st stars
3 years ago

Space telescope launched on daring quest to behold 1st stars

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope soared from French Guiana …

James Webb Space Telescope vs Hubble - the differences explained
3 years ago

James Webb Space Telescope vs Hubble - the differences explained

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Don’t ask astronomers to choose between the Hubble Space Telescope and the new …

NASA just launched the most powerful space telescope ever. Watch it here
3 years ago

NASA just launched the most powerful space telescope ever. Watch it here

NPR  

NASA just launched the most powerful space telescope ever. Watch it here Enlarge this image toggle caption NASA NASA The most powerful space telescope ever built has officially left Earth. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope blasted off on Dec. 25 at 7:20 a.m. Eastern from a European spaceport in French Guiana, unleashing a rumble that could be felt in the …

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