Vatican astronomer praises beauty and potential of Webb space photos
Vatican CityRNS Vatican astrophysicist Brother Guy Consolmagno released a statement on Thursday praising the crisp images of the cosmos delivered by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope as “food for the human spirit”, while highlighting the rich history of Catholic scientists who have studied the stars. “We’re really excited by the new images from the Webb […]
Essay: James Webb telescope – a scientist explains what its first, amazing images show, and how it will change astronomy
Following the release of the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope this week, MARTIN BARSTOW, professor of astrophyics and space science at the University of Leicester, explains – in an article first published on The Conversation – what they show…
NASA draws back curtain on Webb space telescope’s first full-colour images
Greenbelt, Maryland, US Reuters NASA on Tuesday drew back the curtain on billions of years of cosmic evolution with the inaugural batch of photos from the largest, most powerful observatory ever launched to space, saying the luminous imagery showed the telescope exceeds expectations. The first full-colour, high-resolution pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope, designed […]
Biden releases first image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
US President Joe Biden unveiled the first image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in an event at the White House on Monday. The image – which covers a patch of sky approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm’s length by someone on the ground – reveals thousands of galaxies and provides the […]
NASA to showcase Webb space telescope’s first full-color images
Reuters Drawing back the curtain to a photo gallery unlike any other, NASA will soon present the first full-color images from its James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary apparatus designed to peer through the cosmos to the dawn of the universe. The highly anticipated July 12 unveiling of pictures and spectroscopic data from the newly […]
NASA begins process of bringing new space telescope into focus
Reuters NASA on Wednesday embarked on a months-long, painstaking process of bringing its newly launched James Webb Space Telescope into focus, a task due for completion in time for the revolutionary eye in the sky to begin peering into the cosmos by early summer. Mission control engineers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, […]