James Webb Space Telescope is 'science and magic rolled together,' says iconic astronomer Maggie Aderin-Pocock. Story by Ben Turner • 11h.

A segment of the James Webb Space Telescope’s giant mirror was hit by a micrometeroid in May, according to an update from NASA.

Webb is meant to observe more than just ancient stars and galaxies. The telescope can study nearly everything from the planets of our solar system to star-forming regions millions of light-years away.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reaches orbit nearly 1 million miles away 04:27. The James Webb Space Telescope slipped into orbit around a point in space nearly a million miles from Earth ...

The Webb telescope was decades in the making, a project plagued with numerous delays and cost overruns. But since it was launched on Christmas Day last year, it has surpassed nearly every ...

James Webb is a space telescope, it has a heat shield, gray sheets that protect it from infrared radiation coming from the sun and Earth. It also has a mirror, the light gathering power of the ...