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How much did NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope cost?

The telescope’s development process cost $10 billion over 17 years.

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Strike! Webb report reveals extent of damage from unexpectedly large micrometeor

One of the James Webb Space Telescope's mirror segments suffered unexpected damage from a piece of space dust. Will there be more?

Inverse

Will NASA rename the James Webb Space Telescope? A space expert explains the Lavender Scare controversy

The first images from the James Webb Space Telescope are astounding. With its deep infrared eyes, the telescope is illuminating regions of the Universe with never-before-possible clarity.

The Conversation

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Perth astrophysicist boosted by James Webb Space Telescope as he strives to measure galaxies

Robin Cook uses cutting-edge technology at WA's International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research to measure galaxies, and his research has just been made easier with the James Webb Space Telescope.

ABC News

How the James Webb Space Telescope's images are made

We can't see what the telescope see.

Axios

What the James Webb Space Telescope offers that Hubble cannot

Compared to Hubble, the James Webb can see the first (and oldest) galaxies form in detail.

The Canberra Times

The 13.7b year journey of the universe just became much clearer

The images from Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope allow us to trace the evolution of the universe and our galaxy, and to understand our own origins, says Jan J Eldridge

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The Webb Telescope’s search for life in space may take longer than expected

The James Webb Space Telescope will investigate the TRAPPIST-1 system in its first cycle of research programs.

Inverse

The feds sue the Cubs, Chicago astronomers get to use the James Webb Space Telescope and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

To search for alien life, astronomers will look for clues in the atmospheres of distant planets – and the James Webb Space Telescope just proved it's possible to do so

The ingredients for life are spread throughout the universe. While Earth is the only known place in the universe with life, detecting life beyond Earth is a major goal of modern astronomy and planetary science.

The Conversation

Revealed: hundreds of billions of stars. Now let’s search them for life

For astrobiologists like me, the first image from Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals infinite possibilities of life beyond Earth, says Louisa Preston of University College London

The Guardian - UK

James Webb Telescope first images: Detailed breakdown of cosmic cliffs, ring nebula and SMACS 0723

This week, the biggest and most powerful space telescope beamed its first snapshots of the cosmos to Earth. It's a visual feast of the early universe, cosmic cliffs, dying stars and battling galaxies.

ABC News

Awarded time with the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers from Northwestern and University of Chicago are over the moon

“The telescope works, and it works brilliantly. Our knowledge about the universe is about to take a giant leap forward,” said Jacob Bean, a University of Chicago astronomy professor.

Chicago Sun-Times

Who was James Webb? The controversial figure who gives his name to Nasa's new space telescope

Astronomers hope the $10 billion flagship project will help us better understand the universe. Here's how the James Webb Space Telescope got its name.

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Tech & Science Daily: Nasa reveals future for James Webb Space Telescope

We’re joined by Nasa astrophysicist Dr Tom Greene

Inverse

Webb Telescope first images: 6 cosmic Easter eggs you might have missed

Let’s take a tour through six of the most revelatory and intriguing Easter eggs hidden in the first five James Webb Space Telescope observations.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Webb Telescope: What Will Scientists Learn?

The James Webb Space Telescope's first images aren't just breathtaking -- they contain a wealth of scientific insights and clues that researchers are eager to pursue. Here are some of the things scientists now hope to learn, AFP said. - Into the deep - Webb's first image, released Monday, delivered…

The Conversation

Two experts break down the James Webb Space Telescope's first images, and explain what we've already learnt

Today we saw the release of the first batch of images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. This is something we have both been waiting on for nearly 25 years. Back in those days, we were analysing the first Hubble images of the distant universe, and the details they…

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Your burning questions about the new images of our cosmos from James Webb Space Telescope

We asked you to put your questions to the experts about NASA's new images of our cosmos. Here's what we learned

ABC News

Comparing NASA's new James Webb Space Telescope images to Hubble's pictures

The new images captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope show a much more detailed look at the universe compared to those taken by its predecessor.

Tribune News Service

‘We did it’: Baltimore institute, home base of the James Webb Space Telescope, celebrates its first images

BALTIMORE — The banner hanging on the front of the Steven Muller building on the Johns Hopkins University campus might have to come down soon.

The Conversation

James Webb Space Telescope: An astronomer explains the stunning, newly released first images

The James Webb Space Telescope team has released the first science-quality images from the new telescope. In them are the oldest galaxies ever seen by human eyes, evidence of water on a planet 1,000 light-years away and incredible details showing the birth and death of stars. Webb’s purpose is to…

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Six More Pics From NASA’s Webb Telescope Have Dropped So Stop What You’re Doing Freak Out W Me

NASA has released the second batch of photos from its $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope after the first photo dropped yesterday

Inverse

The Webb Telescope's next images could come from very close to home

On Thursday, NASA, ESA, and CSA will release an image from our own Solar System taken by the James Webb Space Telescope — but haven't announced what object it'll be.

Salon

Webb's first five images explained

NASA revealed five stunning images which demonstrate the immense observational capacity of the new space telescope

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