The Latest Breaking News from James Webb Space Telescope

Behold! The Webb Telescope’s first star images are finally here

The first images from the James Webb Space Telescope are officially in, and NASA explains why they aren't yet the greatest quality.

Inverse · Feb 11, 2022

The Webb Telescope is so close to capturing the universe's secrets

In this edition of Inverse Daily, learn how the James Webb Space Telescope detected its first photons, the truth behind coffee as an orgasm enhancer, and more.

Inverse · Feb 9, 2022

7 ways the Webb Telescope will unlock the Solar System's secrets

The James Webb Space Telescope will study Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, and other far flung places that ground-based telescopes can't see as well.

Inverse · Feb 7, 2022

Spirituality in space

A top NASA official’s biblical remarks about the James Webb Space Telescope sparked an outcry

Salon · Jan 28, 2022

Look: Jaw-dropping image shows the Webb telescope 1 million miles from Earth

The James Webb Space Telescope has reached the L2 point, and its position has been captured in a new photo. It will now spend six months preparing for its mission.

Inverse · Jan 25, 2022

How a high-priority star system could help us understand our own

In this edition of Inverse Daily, read stories about the James Webb Space Telescope's promising future, why air pollution is bad for brain health, and more.

Inverse · Jan 25, 2022

Webb Telescope Reaches Final Destination, a Million Miles from Earth

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. At around 2:00 pm Eastern Time (1900 GMT), the observatory fired its thrusters for five minutes…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 25, 2022

James Webb Space Telescope reaches its final destination 1million miles from Earth

The world’s biggest space telescope reached its final destination 1 million miles from Earth on Monday, a month after it lifted off.

Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2022

NASA's new space telescope reaches destination in solar orbit

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, designed to give the world an unprecedented glimpse of infant galaxies in the early stages of the universe, arrived at its gravitational parking spot in orbit around the sun on Monday, nearly a million miles from Earth.

Reuters · Jan 24, 2022

NASA reveals new science mission timeline for the James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Sapce Telescope has enough fuel to last more than 20 years after using up just 32 percent of the fuel allocated for launch. This extends the mission timeline by four times.

Inverse · Jan 24, 2022