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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the largest and most powerful telescope ever launched to space. Its mirror is composed…
On Apr. 21, 2023, the James Webb Space Telescope team shared that one of the MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) observing modes,…
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is nearly 1 million miles (1.5 million kilometer) away from Earth, orbiting around the Sun-Earth…
This week, astronomers around the world are celebrating the announcement of the next cycle of Webb observations. We asked Christine…
All 17 observing modes of the James Webb Space Telescope undergo routine performance monitoring and calibration. This month, while performing…
On Jan. 15, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) experienced a communications delay within…
On Sunday, Jan. 15, the James Webb Space Telescope's Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) experienced a communications delay…
The James Webb Space Telescope resumed science operations Dec. 20, after Webb's instruments intermittently went into safe mode beginning Dec.…
Micrometeoroid strikes are an unavoidable aspect of operating any spacecraft. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was engineered to withstand continual…
