Tag: James Webb Space Telescope
In photos: the Webb space telescope suspended from a wire and installed on Ariane 5
In this image, we see the “arrival” of the satellite on the Ariane 5 launcher. It also shows the “shower curtain” about 12 meters high and 8 meters in diameter…
JWST: how the space telescope will unfold in space
After launching from Guyana on December 18, the James-Webb Space Telescope will be sent 1.5 million kilometers from Earth on a month-long trip. The aircraft and its various instruments will…
One in five galaxies in the Universe is believed to be hiding behind cosmic dust
Thanks to increasingly efficient telescopes, we are now able to detect primitive galaxies hitherto barely visible because they are hidden behind a thick curtain of cosmic dust. Scientists estimate that…