An engineer examines the Webb telescope primary mirror Engineering Design Unit segment in the clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Credit: NASA An engineer examines the Webb telescope ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large, infrared space telescope that has recently started its science program which will enable breakthroughs in astrophysics and planetary science. Notably, ...

For more than a year, Chris Packham, an astrophysics professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio, has been using data from the James Webb Space Telescope to study how galaxies interact with ...

The heart of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1097 as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble and NASA, D. Sand, K. Sheth HOUSTON—NASA has selected the UltraViolet EXplorer (UVEX) for a new ...

GREENBELT, Md. – A preliminary design review has concluded and verified the integrated performance of all subsystems in the Optical Telescope Element on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. The Optical ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has provided some stunning images from the distant reaches of outer space that are giving new information about the early formation of the universe. During the recent ...

Amidst the recent celebration of the James Webb Space Telescope's first anniversary of its space exploration, there are claims from an astrobiologist that their team is already developing a better ...

For space fans, June has something extra to enjoy, as NASA recently released “Cosmic Dawn,” a new “intimate access” documentary all about designing and assembling the James Webb Space Telescope. The ...

Fig. 1 | (a) The sketch of the PDSM-241. (b) Actuator layout (clear aperture: 270mm). (c) The self-corrected aberration of PDSM-241. A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances, ...