The Latest Breaking News from James Webb Space Telescope

VIEWPOINT 1: The Webb telescope is a bargain

Those spectacular pictures of galaxies forming at a time very near the origin of the universe from the James Webb Space Telescope came at a pretty price: $9.7 billion, to be precise. It is fair to ask, “Is the Webb telescope project worth the price?”

Tribune News Service · Jul 28, 2022

Webb Telescope May Have Already Found Most Distant Known Galaxy

Just a week after its first images were shown to the world, the James Webb Space Telescope may have found a galaxy that existed 13.5 billion years ago, a scientist who analyzed the data said Wednesday. Known as GLASS-z13, the galaxy dates back to 300 million years after the Big…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 21, 2022

The new science coming from the James Webb telescope has astronomers giddy

In the week since the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope were unveiled, astronomers have been poring through all the observations it's made so far--and they're happily overwhelmed.

WEKU · Jul 21, 2022

Will NASA rename the James Webb Space Telescope? A space expert explains the Lavender Scare controversy

The first images from the James Webb Space Telescope are astounding. With its deep infrared eyes, the telescope is illuminating regions of the Universe with never-before-possible clarity.

The Conversation · Jul 19, 2022

Perth astrophysicist boosted by James Webb Space Telescope as he strives to measure galaxies

Robin Cook uses cutting-edge technology at WA's International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research to measure galaxies, and his research has just been made easier with the James Webb Space Telescope.

ABC News · Jul 17, 2022

How the James Webb Space Telescope's images are made

We can't see what the telescope see.

Axios · Jul 17, 2022

What the James Webb Space Telescope offers that Hubble cannot

Compared to Hubble, the James Webb can see the first (and oldest) galaxies form in detail.

The Canberra Times · Jul 16, 2022

The Webb Telescope’s search for life in space may take longer than expected

The James Webb Space Telescope will investigate the TRAPPIST-1 system in its first cycle of research programs.

Inverse · Jul 16, 2022

The feds sue the Cubs, Chicago astronomers get to use the James Webb Space Telescope and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 14, 2022

To search for alien life, astronomers will look for clues in the atmospheres of distant planets – and the James Webb Space Telescope just proved it's possible to do so

The ingredients for life are spread throughout the universe. While Earth is the only known place in the universe with life, detecting life beyond Earth is a major goal of modern astronomy and planetary science.

The Conversation · Jul 14, 2022