This telescope could help us explore the heavens, but it’s stuck in coronavirus limbo
4 years, 9 months ago

This telescope could help us explore the heavens, but it’s stuck in coronavirus limbo

LA Times  

Inside a nondescript gray steel industrial facility in Redondo Beach, the nation’s largest scientific effort is trying to overcome a virus so tiny that only electron microscopes can see it. The M8 High Bay at Northrop Grumman’s Space Park is where scientists are conducting final testing of the massive Webb Space Telescope before its scheduled launch in one year. “The science community is anxious for the Webb telescope to get up there and start making those wonderful observations and wild discoveries it will make.” The Webb is designed to look for the first light to streak across the dark universe more than 13 billion years ago, which is now just a faint infrared signal that has never been observed. Ochs said Tuesday that he couldn’t have predicted any of the obstacles that hit the project, but “the virus was pretty far out there.” Now, the March 21 launch date faces an extraneous challenge, he acknowledges. “They said they needed a replacement for the Hubble space telescope and wanted one with a 4-meter mirror,” Goldin recalled.

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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, …

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 …

First image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals thousands of galaxies in stunning detail
2 years, 6 months ago

First image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals thousands of galaxies in stunning detail

LA Times  

The first image released from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals thousands of galaxies, including the faintest objects ever observed in the infrared. On Monday, the world got its first glimpse of that ancient light courtesy of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the most sophisticated and ambitious deep-space viewing tool yet assembled. Science & Medicine Cosmic beauty shots from NASA’s …

Watch: Nasa releases trailer and target list for James Webb Space Telescope
2 years, 6 months ago

Watch: Nasa releases trailer and target list for James Webb Space Telescope

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 words and voice of the late astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan …

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captures test image of star and ancient galaxies over 2,000 light-years away
2 years, 9 months ago

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captures test image of star and ancient galaxies over 2,000 light-years away

ABC  

NASA's new space telescope has gazed into the distant universe and captured a perfect vision: a spiky image of a faraway star photobombed by thousands of ancient galaxies. Key points: The James Webb Space Telescope captured its latest test image 1.6 million kilometres away from Earth Scientists hope Webb will see far back enough in time that it will only …

Star seen by NASA’s new space telescope gets photobombed by galaxies
2 years, 9 months ago

Star seen by NASA’s new space telescope gets photobombed by galaxies

LA Times  

The star called 2MASS J17554042+6551277 was used to align the mirrors of the James Webb Space Telescope. NASA’s new space telescope has gazed into the distant universe and shown perfect vision: a spiky image of a faraway star photobombed by thousands of ancient galaxies. The image released Wednesday from the James Webb Space Telescope is a test shot — not …

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 …

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 …

NASA's new space telescope 'hunky-dory' after ground controllers fixed a pair of problems
3 years ago

NASA's new space telescope 'hunky-dory' after ground controllers fixed a pair of problems

Firstpost  

The $10 billion telescope — the largest and most powerful astronomical observatory ever launched — rocketed away Christmas Day from French Guiana Cape Canaveral: NASA’s new space telescope is on the verge of completing the riskiest part of its mission — unfolding and tightening a huge sunshade — after ground controllers fixed a pair of problems, officials said Monday. The …

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 …

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 …

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, world’s largest, lifts off into orbit
3 years ago

James Webb Space Telescope, world’s largest, lifts off into orbit

Al Jazeera  

The $9bn observatory seeks out faint light from the first stars and galaxies, providing a glimpse into cosmic creation. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope soared from French Guiana on South America’s northeastern coast, riding a European Ariane rocket into the morning sky on Saturday. “It’s going to give us a better understanding of our universe and our place in it: …

Meet the people bringing us answers on the big bang, and their 13,000-pound helper
3 years ago

Meet the people bringing us answers on the big bang, and their 13,000-pound helper

LA Times  

For some people, it’s a memoir or a work of fiction; others, their first company or app. “Webb is my middle child,” Willoughby said of the James Webb Space Telescope — his baby of 12 years — which launched Christmas Day from Kourou, French Guiana, on South America’s northern coast. “Sometimes we like dull moments,” she said, reflecting on her …

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is fantastic. The Webb will be even better
3 years ago

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is fantastic. The Webb will be even better

LA Times  

Larkin Carey, an optical engineer, examines two test mirror segments on a prototype of the James Webb Space Telescope. Set to soar after years of delay, the James Webb Space Telescope will seek out the faint, twinkling light from the first stars and galaxies, providing a glimpse into cosmic creation. “Webb will move our search for life forward, but to …

Hubble telescope’s bigger, more powerful successor to soar
3 years ago

Hubble telescope’s bigger, more powerful successor to soar

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Hubble Space Telescope’s successor is a time-traveling wonder capable of peering back to within a hair’s breadth of the dawn of the universe. “Webb will move our search for life forward, but to find signs of life we have to be incredibly lucky.” Named after the man who led NASA during the space-trailblazing 1960s, the …

Why Astronomers Are “Crying and Throwing Up Everywhere” Over the Upcoming Telescope Launch
55 years ago

Why Astronomers Are “Crying and Throwing Up Everywhere” Over the Upcoming Telescope Launch

Slate  

On or soon after Friday, NASA will launch its largest—and most complicated yet—orbiting telescope into space. / astronomers: my entire career hinges on this bucket of single point failures I’m so nervous I’m crying and throwing up everywhere.” Astrophysics postdoc Erin May, who studies exoplanet atmospheres—a major focus, pun yes intended, of the new telescope—tweeted, “HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO …

Christmas Eve telescope launch has astronomers hoping for good tidings of great joy
3 years ago

Christmas Eve telescope launch has astronomers hoping for good tidings of great joy

NPR  

Christmas Eve telescope launch has astronomers hoping for good tidings of great joy Enlarge this image toggle caption NASA/Chris Gunn NASA/Chris Gunn A churning mix of excitement and anxious dread has taken hold of astronomers around the world as they wait for the launch of the most powerful telescope ever, planned for the morning of Christmas Eve. Someone on Twitter …

Nasa’s alien-hunting James Webb Space Telescope launch delayed by ‘incident’
3 years, 1 month ago

Nasa’s alien-hunting James Webb Space Telescope launch delayed by ‘incident’

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 been forced to delay the launch of its James Webb Space …

The most powerful telescope ever built is about to change how we see the universe
3 years, 1 month ago

The most powerful telescope ever built is about to change how we see the universe

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s premier observatory of the next decade, is expected to launch on December 25. But the world’s most powerful complex space observatory will answer questions about our solar system, study exoplanets in new ways and look deeper into the universe than we’ve ever been …

Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope clears key pre-launch test
3 years, 7 months ago

Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope clears key pre-launch test

Live Mint  

The world's largest and most powerful space telescope unfolded its giant golden mirror for the last time on Earth on Tuesday, a key milestone before the $10 billion observatory is launched later this year. The James Webb Space Telescope's 21 feet 4 inch mirror was commanded to fully expand and lock itself into place, Nasa said -- a final test …

James Webb Telescope spreads golden wings one last time on Earth before heading out to space
3 years, 7 months ago

James Webb Telescope spreads golden wings one last time on Earth before heading out to space

India Today  

The much-awaited window to the far reaches of the cosmos is in the final stages of preparation as the James Webb Telescope opened its iconic primary mirror for one last time on Earth, marking a key milestone in the preparations for its launch set for later this year. Following the mirror's safety checks, "all of Webb’s many movable parts will …

NASA postpones launch of James Webb Space Telescope to October 2021
4 years, 5 months ago

NASA postpones launch of James Webb Space Telescope to October 2021

India TV News  

Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and its drastic effects on the normal lives, NASA has pushed back the target for the launch of its next great space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, from March 2021 to October 2021. "Webb is the world's most complex space observatory, and our top science priority, and we've worked hard to keep progress …

James Webb Space Telescope tests its giant mirror ahead of 2021 launch
4 years, 9 months ago

James Webb Space Telescope tests its giant mirror ahead of 2021 launch

CNN  

CNN — When it launches in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope will be the premier observatory of the next decade, according to NASA. This is a great achievement and an inspiring image for the entire team,” said Lee Feinberg, optical telescope element manager for Webb at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. In the case of James …

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