The Latest Breaking News from JWST

Webb Telescope to investigate rogue black hole on the lam from its galaxy

A black hole is speeding through space at several million miles per hour.

Inverse · Jul 19, 2022

How the James Webb Space Telescope's images are made

We can't see what the telescope see.

Axios · Jul 17, 2022

Webb sees water vapor on another planet

The telescope's precise measurements of exoplanet WASP-96b reveal water in the atmosphere. Could it host life?

Salon · Jul 13, 2022

Finding ET through... pollutants?

The powerful James Webb Telescope could be appropriated to search for pollution on alien planets, a new study shows

Salon · Feb 28, 2022

The Webb telescope reaches its final deployment challenge

The James Webb Space Telescope finished deploying all 18 of its mirror segments Wednesday, leaving one last task before it takes up its deep space post.

Inverse · Jan 21, 2022

Almost there: Webb telescope is 90 percent of the way to its destination

As of Tuesday afternoon, the James Webb Space Telescope was more than 93 percent of the way to its operating orbit around Lagrangian Point 2.

Inverse · Jan 18, 2022