The James Webb Space Telescope is celebrating three years from its launch. Its discoveries have already changed our understanding of the early universe.
- ARC Laureate Fellow & Distinguished Professor, Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
Le fameux télescope spatial James-Webb vient de passer sa première année dans l’espace et commence à révolutionner l’astronomie. Plongée en images.
A year on since the historic launch of the most powerful infrared telescope in human history, we admire and explore some of the best images it delivered in 2022.
Through direct comparison with images from Hubble, you can start to see the exquisite detail and clarity Webb provides.
Webb is NASA’s largest and most powerful ever space telescope – set to investigate the formation of the furthest galaxies from Earth.
Signals from the first stars to form in the universe have been picked up by a table-sized detector in a west Australian desert. The find also hints at an early interaction with dark matter.
The recipe book for galaxy formation may need to be rewritten after the discovery of a massive galaxy that stopped making new stars early in the Universe’s history.
When the Obama administration announced its proposed NASA budget in February, astronomers worldwide breathed a sigh of relief. Despite significant cuts in other areas, funding for the James Webb Space…
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