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15 mar 2024 · Mike Menzel, Mission Systems Engineer for the James Webb Space Telescope at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: “I’ve been working on the Webb team for about 25 years. Webb is designed to see the farthest objects in the universe. When I saw Webb’s First Deep Field, which took less 12 hours, the hairs on the back of my neck stood up ...
1 paź 2024 · NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is delivering on its promise to explore the farthest reaches of the universe, looking back to a time when galaxies were just beginning to form. Scientists have been eagerly waiting to use this complex observatory to understand details that have been out of reach.
A chronology of selected events covering the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) mission from conception to the present.
11 lip 2022 · The James Webb Space Telescope, like other NASA missions, started with a question. That question—“what’s next?”—was first raised in 1989 even before the Hubble Space Telescope launched. At the start, scientists from NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute knew they needed a telescope to follow up on discoveries made by Hubble.
The James Webb Space Telescope is a giant leap forward in our quest to understand the Universe and our origins. Webb is examining every phase of cosmic history: from the first luminous glows after the Big Bang to the formation of galaxies, stars, and planets to the evolution of our own solar system.
13 lip 2023 · NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has launched and it's the most powerful in history, giving us the deepest ever view into our universe.
12 wrz 2024 · Scientists used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to examine select star-forming areas in the Extreme Outer Galaxy in near- and mid-infrared light. Within this star-forming region, known as Digel Cloud 2S, the telescope observed young, newly formed stars and their extended jets of material.
