Using data from the JWST, an amateur on Reddit created the first image of the TRAPPIST-1 system. JWST, a telescope so powerful that it makes Hubble look like someone smeared their thumb on the lens, has already taken a long … Read More
Authors Chris Impey – University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona Daniel Apai – Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona The ingredients for life are spread throughout the universe. While Earth is the only known place in … Read More
JWST is living up to the hype. After the first scientific results were published last week, even more new exciting stuff is coming out. Among them, there are the observations of what could be the furthest galaxy yet. Called GLASS-z13, its … Read More
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has already pushed humanity’s vision deeper into time and space than ever before, providing a breathtaking preview of the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the early Universe to date. Now, NASA has just … Read More
President Joe Biden will reveal the first full-color image from the James Webb Space Telescope today, and it will be the deepest and highest resolution image of the universe ever captured. You can watch Biden’s unveiling of the JWST’s First … Read More
The first full-color images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will be released in less than a week, but how does the observatory find and lock onto its targets? Webb’s Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) was designed with this question in … Read More