The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) commissioning is on the final stretch before the telescope can start science observations! With the telescope mirrors aligned and focused, attention turns to testing JWST’s four powerful instruments in a variety of different operational modes ...
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Today NASA released the first image from Webb with all 18 segments focused and functioning together as a single 6.5-meter mirror ...
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is ready for launch from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. More than 20 years in the making, JWST’s observations of the cosmos will change our understanding of our universe ...
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Hubble is one of the most successful science experiments ever. Although Hubble is currently not observing, the good news is that its dedicated team has a handle on the problem and will get it up and running again soon ...
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The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) Annual Meeting is an opportunity for representatives to gather from the 47 US institutions and 3 international affiliates that comprise AURA’s Member Institutions ...
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By Heidi Hammel What were the most important lessons were from that week of comet-caused chaos? I list three: knowledge of Jupiter, advancement of impact physics, and a foretaste of our possible future on Earth ...
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