Science Space The James Webb Space Telescope can generate nearly 60GB of data daily Webb beams data back to Earth at speeds up to 28 megabits per second on the Ka-band By Shawn Knight, July 18, 2022, 9:32 AM 13 comments
Science Space NASA pointed the James Webb Telescope at Jupiter during testing. Here's what it saw Webb looks at targets close to home By Shawn Knight, July 15, 2022, 10:06 AM
Science Space NASA's first full-color images from James Webb Space Telescope are stunning First Webb images prove it was worth the wait By Shawn Knight, July 12, 2022, 11:35 AM 8 comments
Science Space NASA enlists President Biden to unveil first photo from James Webb Space Telescope, and it's happening today The first full-color image from JWST is coming a day early By Shawn Knight, July 11, 2022, 12:07 PM 18 comments
Science Space NASA teases James Webb Space Telescope's first celestial targets Some of Webb's first targets are thousands of light years away By Shawn Knight, July 8, 2022, 1:36 PM 11 comments
Science Space James Webb Space Telescope heads into final stretch of instrument commissioning NASA has approved 12 out of 17 Webb science instrument modes By Shawn Knight, June 27, 2022, 1:37 PM
Science Space James Webb telescope gets hit by a larger-than-anticipated micrometeoroid Micrometeoroid strikes are unavoidable By Shawn Knight, June 9, 2022, 9:16 AM 23 comments
Science First full-color images from James Webb Space Telescope are coming July 12 Webb is ready to shine By Shawn Knight, June 2, 2022, 10:27 AM 16 comments
Science NASA shares images from Webb Space Telescope's coldest instrument Webb makes previous images look like mush By Shawn Knight, May 10, 2022, 9:54 AM 8 comments
Science Space NASA's Webb telescope is fully focused and ready for instrument commissioning Literally perfect thus far By Shawn Knight, April 29, 2022, 11:32 AM
Science James Webb Telescope's MIRI instrument reaches a super chilly -266 Celsius Webb passes another critical test with flying colors By Shawn Knight, April 14, 2022, 9:45 AM 9 comments
Science James Webb Space Telescope passes key alignment phase Performance is exceeding specifications By Shawn Knight, March 17, 2022, 10:04 AM 12 comments
Science Electronics James Webb Space Telescope update: Fine Guidance Sensor is guiding The stars are aligning for Webb By Shawn Knight, February 18, 2022, 1:04 PM
Science James Webb team starts aligning the telescope's 18 mirrors NASA said initial results match expectations and simulations conducted on scale model By Shawn Knight, February 4, 2022, 1:20 PM 7 comments
Science NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reaches final destination nearly a million miles from Earth Cooldown and calibration time By Shawn Knight, January 25, 2022, 10:58 AM 7 comments
Science NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is now fully deployed The James Webb Space Telescope has taken on its final form By Shawn Knight, January 9, 2022, 2:54 PM 18 comments
Electronics Science NASA didn't equip the James Webb Space Telescope with cameras. Here's why. The risk wasn't worth the reward By Shawn Knight, January 7, 2022, 12:16 PM 25 comments
Science James Webb Space Telescope completes risky sunshield deployment On pins and needles By Shawn Knight, January 5, 2022, 10:33 AM 12 comments
Science NASA: Webb's precision launch, correction maneuvers will significantly extend 10-year lifetime An efficient launch resulted in excess fuel By Shawn Knight, December 29, 2021, 3:56 PM
Science James Webb Space Telescope launch delayed for the umpteenth time NASA is now eyeing a Christmas Eve launch By Shawn Knight, December 15, 2021, 1:26 PM 32 comments
Science NASA gives the James Webb Telescope a clean bill of health following prep incident NASA is moving forward with launch prep By Shawn Knight, November 26, 2021, 11:30 AM 8 comments
Science NASA delays James Webb space telescope December 18 launch date over an 'incident' during launch prep phase Additional testing means the telescope will now launch on December 22 at the earliest By Humza Aamir, November 23, 2021, 7:29 AM 8 comments
Science NASA sets a new launch date of December 18 for the James Webb Space Telescope The James Webb Space Telescope will help unlock the mysteries of the universe By Shawn Knight, September 8, 2021, 11:45 AM 15 comments
Science Hardware NASA switches Hubble to backup hardware in last-ditch effort to get it back online It should resume scientific operations by tomorrow after the rest of its systems are stable By Cal Jeffrey, July 16, 2021, 2:27 PM 13 comments
Science Space NASA reschedules James Webb Space Telescope launch for October 2021 The most advanced space telescope ever created By Shawn Knight, July 17, 2020, 10:25 AM 13 comments