The mirror actuators on the James Webb Space Telescope are a perfect example of this extreme engineering, and to understand how they work a little better, [Zachary Tong] built a working model of ...

While Hubble has been studying distant galaxies for decades, JWST’s larger mirror and specialized infrared instruments allow it to detect light that has been stretched and reddened by the ...

As the agency's SPHEREx space telescope and PUNCH solar mission rode toward their orbital stations tonight (March 11) at ...

Telescope mirrors require some kind of metal coating to reflect as much light as possible. JWST uses gold mirrors to catch UV and visible light emitted by early luminous objects. Secondly ...

This is a part of the telescope you don't normally see. It is gold in color, so it isn't just the JWST team mirror that's ...

In its short existence, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has transformed our understanding of the universe. It has peered at planets, stars, galaxies and black holes, casting its eye over a ...

A large shield with five layers of reflective film as thin as human hair will protect the JWST mirror and instruments from the rays of the Sun, Earth, and Moon. So those bodies are always on the ...

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The JWST is large in a way that no other object ... the sunshield pallets that are stowed along the front and back sides of the main mirror will fold down to their final position.

The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way appears to be having a party—and it is weird, wild and wonderful. Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a Northwestern ...