Read article: The James Webb Space Telescope launches astronomy into a new era
Now the mission has reached its destination, what lies ahead for the science programme?
Read article: The James Webb Space Telescope blazes towards science operations
Video story introducing the landmark astronomy mission and its science goals
Read article: A new cosmic dawn: peering across the universe with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
With the James Webb Space Telescope finally launched, Keith Cooper explores the mission’s troubled past, its technological advances and the exciting future of astronomy
Read article: NASA launches flagship $10bn James Webb Space Telescope
Mission will probe exoplanet atmospheres as well as peer back some 300 million years after the Big Bang to when some of the first galaxies existed
Read article: The ten-billion-dollar gamble: Why the JWST’s delays were a boon for exoplanet science
Exoplanets weren’t really a thing when the James Webb Space Telescope was on the drawing boards in the mid-1990s. Now they’re an integral part of its mission, explains Keith Cooper
Read article: The ten-billion-dollar gamble: How the JWST will see deep into the universe’s past
Imaging the earliest galaxies and observing the life cycle of others are high on the James Webb Space Telescope’s to-do list, as Keith Cooper explains
Read article: The ten-billion-dollar gamble: The JWST’s micro-scale windows on the universe
Keith Cooper explains how an array of tiny-but-tough microshutters will enable the James Webb Space Telescope to perform astronomical surveys
Read article: The ten-billion-dollar gamble: Keeping the JWST cool
A cryogenic system that can operate unattended for years in deep space is a tall order – and a key ingredient in the James Webb Space Telescope’s mission, writes Keith Cooper
Read article: The ten-billion-dollar gamble: How the JWST shields itself from the Sun
Unfurling the James Webb Space Telescope’s tennis-court-sized sunshield will be one of the mission’s most nail-biting moments, writes Keith Cooper
Read article: The ten-billion-dollar gamble: The JWST’s magnificent mirrors
How do you fit a 6.5-metre mirror into a rocket fairing just 4.57 metres wide? Very carefully, explains Keith Cooper
