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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is an international 21st-century space observatory that was launched on 25 December 2021. [1] [2] It is intended to be the premier observatory of the 2020s, combining the largest mirror yet on a near-infrared space telescope with a suite of technologically advanced instruments from around the world. [3]
The telescope is named after James E. Webb, who was the administrator of NASA from 1961 to 1968 during the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. The launch (designated Ariane flight VA256 ) took place as scheduled at 12:20 UTC on 25 December 2021 on an Ariane 5 rocket that lifted off from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana .
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope designed to conduct infrared astronomy. As the largest telescope in space, it is equipped with high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments, allowing it to view objects too old, distant , or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope . [ 9 ]
The first full-color, high-resolution pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope, designed to peer farther than before with greater clarity to the dawn of the universe, were hailed by NASA as ...
The James Webb Space Telescope’s first images revealed new details of the cosmos, peering farther into space than the Hubble Space Telescope.
NASA announced in 2002 that it would name its Next Generation Space Telescope, the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope. More information about James Webb. More ...
Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine is an episode of the four-episode 2023 Netflix documentary series Unknown, about NASA's development and launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. [1] The episode follows the development of the telescope from the 1990s through its 2021 launch and 2022 deployment, and the unveiling of some of the first images from the ...
The JWST has captured its first Mars pictures, and they could reveal more about the planet's atmosphere. James Webb Space Telescope's first pictures of Mars could reveal more about the atmosphere ...