/tags/james-webb-space-telescope James Webb Space Telescope en-US Copyright Thu, 12 Jan 2023 08:14:13 GMT /npr-news/2023-01-12/nasas-webb-telescope-has-discovered-its-first-exoplanet The exoplanet was found using a satellite and spectrography. It has a similar size as Earth, but is much hotter and completes its orbit around its star in two days. Thu, 12 Jan 2023 08:14:13 GMT /npr-news/2023-01-12/nasas-webb-telescope-has-discovered-its-first-exoplanet Ayana Archie /npr-news/2022-07-21/the-new-science-coming-from-the-james-webb-telescope-has-astronomers-giddy In the week since the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope were unveiled, astronomers have been poring through all the observations it's made so far--and they're happily overwhelmed. Thu, 21 Jul 2022 09:30:46 GMT /npr-news/2022-07-21/the-new-science-coming-from-the-james-webb-telescope-has-astronomers-giddy Nell Greenfieldboyce /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2022-07-19/tech-tuesday-first-images-from-the-james-webb-space-telescope Today on Tech Tuesday we are talking to an Ohio State Astronomer and exoplanet hunter about what the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope show and what to expect next. Tue, 19 Jul 2022 14:07:00 GMT /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2022-07-19/tech-tuesday-first-images-from-the-james-webb-space-telescope /2022-07-15/npr-news/2022-07-15/how-the-son-of-sharecroppers-helped-send-the-worlds-most-powerful-telescope-to-space Gregory Robinson grew up as one of 11 children of tobacco sharecroppers in rural Virginia. He reflects on his journey to NASA, where he directed the groundbreaking James Webb Space Telescope program. Fri, 15 Jul 2022 20:03:02 GMT /2022-07-15/npr-news/2022-07-15/how-the-son-of-sharecroppers-helped-send-the-worlds-most-powerful-telescope-to-space Rachel Treisman /2022-07-11/what-to-expect-when-nasa-unveils-the-first-images-from-the-james-webb-space-telescope President Joe Biden will release the first image from the White House at 5 p.m. ET, with more images expected to be released Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. ET. Mon, 11 Jul 2022 20:01:29 GMT /2022-07-11/what-to-expect-when-nasa-unveils-the-first-images-from-the-james-webb-space-telescope Tana Weingartner /npr-news/npr-news/2022-07-11/nasas-james-webb-telescope-reveals-the-universe-as-weve-never-seen-it-before NASA's $10 billion new telescope showed the world something remarkable today: an image of some of the first galaxies to form in the universe. Mon, 11 Jul 2022 15:58:22 GMT /npr-news/npr-news/2022-07-11/nasas-james-webb-telescope-reveals-the-universe-as-weve-never-seen-it-before Joe Palca, Jaclyn Diaz /npr-news/2022-03-16/the-james-webb-space-telescope-is-working-as-well-as-astronomers-dreamed-it-would Picture perfect: Mission managers say the telescope's mirror segments have been aligned and have focused on single stars, a critical milestone, and the telescope is working flawlessly. Wed, 16 Mar 2022 19:39:00 GMT /npr-news/2022-03-16/the-james-webb-space-telescope-is-working-as-well-as-astronomers-dreamed-it-would Nell Greenfieldboyce /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2022-02-03/update-on-the-james-webb-space-telescope Today on All Sides with Ann Fisher we'll discuss the latest on the James Webb Space Telescope and more on astronomy. Thu, 03 Feb 2022 15:30:36 GMT /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2022-02-03/update-on-the-james-webb-space-telescope /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2022-01-04/tech-tuesday-the-technology-behind-the-james-webb-space-telescope For fans of space flight, 2021 went out with a bang decades in the making with the James Webb Space Telescope successfully launched on Christmas morning. We talk about the technology of the new telescope and more on the return of Tech Tuesday. Tue, 04 Jan 2022 14:19:19 GMT /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2022-01-04/tech-tuesday-the-technology-behind-the-james-webb-space-telescope /2021-12-29/the-james-webb-space-telescope-has-started-unfurling-its-giant-sunshield The deployment of the shade on the $10 billion telescope began Tuesday with the successful lowering of two arms known as Unitized Pallet Structures. Wed, 29 Dec 2021 20:20:46 GMT /2021-12-29/the-james-webb-space-telescope-has-started-unfurling-its-giant-sunshield Scott Neuman, Joe Palca