MISSION GOALS From NASA

  • Search for the first galaxies or luminous objects formed after the Big Bang
  • Determine how galaxies evolved from their formation until now
  • Observe the formation of stars from the first stages to the formation of planetary systems
  • Measure the physical and chemical properties of planetary systems, including our own Solar System, and investigate the potential for life in those systems

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Sailor keeping a lookout at sunrise of the Coast of Darwin
Technology & Innovation

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launched on quest to behold light from the first stars

On 25 Dec 2021, NASA launched the most advanced telescope ever built, the James Webb Telescope, named after the Director of NASA, who oversaw the moon landings.
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The asteroid Ryugu, photographed with an Optical Navigation Camera from a distance of approximately 40km away.
Technology & Innovation

James Webb space telescope takes up station a million miles from Earth

The James Webb space telescope is a quantum technological leap allowing astronomers to examine much more of the universe.
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Technology & Innovation

James Webb Space Telescope Delivers Knockout Cartwheel Galaxy View

The James Webb telescope has successfully begun its mission to look at the early days of the universe and study exoplanets and our solar system through recent discoveries in the Cartwheel Galaxy.
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Spacewatch: Nasa’s Webb telescope mirror alignment continues

Commissioning of the James Webb telescope is progressing well, with the first images due June –July 2022.
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The James Webb Space Telescope has sent back its clearest image yet

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the Hubble replacement, has undergone a crucial phase of mirror alignment and has taken the highest resolution infrared images of distant galaxies ever taken from space.
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HMAS Stuart was witness to the NEOWISE comet while sailing in the Philippine Sea on the way to the multinational naval exercise RIMPAC 20.
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Nasa’s Webb Telescope Smashes Its Sixth Crucial Milestone In Space

The James Webb Space Telescope shows that it has the potential to unlock the secrets of dark matter, peer into exoplanets’ atmospheres for signs of life, and find the oldest stars in the universe.
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Webb Telescope Data Reveals Oldest Galaxy Ever Seen—And It's Not What Astronomers Expected

A team of astrophysicists have discovered the oldest galaxy ever observed, thanks to new pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope.
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James Webb Telescope Snares Eye-Popping View of Tarantula Nebula

The latest images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal exquisite details of the Tarantula Nebula, a scenic region of gas, dust and hot young stars.
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