SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged James Webb Space Telescope JWST mirror hit by micrometeoroid, but NASA says damage is minimal NASA’s huge telescope was hit by a tiny space rock late last month. By Phil Plait | 3 weeks ago JWST is now fully focused Witness the power of a fully focused and very nearly operational JWST. By Phil Plait | 2 months ago Another big JWST milestone: The first deep, clear image, with galaxies galore Dozens of distant galaxies seen in newly released James Webb Space Telescope image By Phil Plait | 3 months ago James Webb Space Telescope will be able to see more strange things that visit us from interstellar space It can see things up close from really, really far away. By Elizabeth Rayne | 4 months ago JWST update: All 18 eyes of the telescope now see a single, focused image! Kinda! James Webb Space Telescope major milestone achieved as its 18 eyes act as one. By Phil Plait | 4 months ago James Webb Space Telescope is now fully deployed! But there's still a long way to go. The major components have unfolded and are ready to be tested. By Phil Plait | 5 months ago The 10 most mind-blowing space breakthroughs of 2021 What happens out there is a big deal down here. 2021 was the year of Mars, but there were other things... By Elizabeth Rayne | 6 months ago After decades of anticipation, James Webb Space Telescope launches tomorrow A space telescope for Christmas… maybe By Phil Plait | 6 months ago Where are all the monstrous, massive, missing black holes? Most telescopes can make out things human eyes would fail spectacularly at seeing, but not huge black holes. By Elizabeth Rayne | 7 months ago Why does our black hole have a flaring temper? Sgr A*, our supermassive black hole, keeps flaring, and we could soon find out what sets it off. By Elizabeth Rayne | 8 months ago Load More
JWST mirror hit by micrometeoroid, but NASA says damage is minimal NASA’s huge telescope was hit by a tiny space rock late last month. By Phil Plait | 3 weeks ago
JWST is now fully focused Witness the power of a fully focused and very nearly operational JWST. By Phil Plait | 2 months ago
Another big JWST milestone: The first deep, clear image, with galaxies galore Dozens of distant galaxies seen in newly released James Webb Space Telescope image By Phil Plait | 3 months ago
James Webb Space Telescope will be able to see more strange things that visit us from interstellar space It can see things up close from really, really far away. By Elizabeth Rayne | 4 months ago
JWST update: All 18 eyes of the telescope now see a single, focused image! Kinda! James Webb Space Telescope major milestone achieved as its 18 eyes act as one. By Phil Plait | 4 months ago
James Webb Space Telescope is now fully deployed! But there's still a long way to go. The major components have unfolded and are ready to be tested. By Phil Plait | 5 months ago
The 10 most mind-blowing space breakthroughs of 2021 What happens out there is a big deal down here. 2021 was the year of Mars, but there were other things... By Elizabeth Rayne | 6 months ago
After decades of anticipation, James Webb Space Telescope launches tomorrow A space telescope for Christmas… maybe By Phil Plait | 6 months ago
Where are all the monstrous, massive, missing black holes? Most telescopes can make out things human eyes would fail spectacularly at seeing, but not huge black holes. By Elizabeth Rayne | 7 months ago
Why does our black hole have a flaring temper? Sgr A*, our supermassive black hole, keeps flaring, and we could soon find out what sets it off. By Elizabeth Rayne | 8 months ago