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Telescopes and space missions

Telescopes and space missions

‘Great observatories’ – the next generation of NASA’s space telescopes, and their impact on the next century of observational astronomy

22 Nov 2022

Astronomers have turned their eye towards the future following the US National Academies’ latest decadal survey of astronomy and astrophysics, which recommended a new generation of space telescopes. Keith Cooper explores their prospects, and the lessons learned from the troubled development of the James Webb Space Telescope

The Pillars of Creation as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope
Compare and contrast The Pillars of Creation as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). On the left is Hubble’s iconic view, taken in visible light in 2014. On the right is the JWST’s new near-infrared view, released in October 2022. (Courtesy: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI)
Christmas Day 2021 was a happy occasion for most astronomers around the world, as it was when the mu

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Keith Cooper is a science journalist based in the UK. His book The Contact Paradox: Challenging Our Assumptions in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Bloomsbury Sigma) is available now. Follow him @21stCenturySETI on Twitter
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