NASA launched Webb Telescope on December 25, 2021 after 30 years of development. Telescope is 100 times more powerful than Hubble Space Telescope. Features 6.1-meter golden primary mirror with 18 hexagonal segments. Sun shield measures 21m by 14m and is 131kg lighter than Hubble
Webb detected light traveling through space for over 13 billion years. NGC 346 shows early Universe conditions 10 billion years ago. Webb found building blocks of life in Chamaeleon I dark molecular cloud. Six ancient galaxies discovered 500-700 million years after Big Bang. Webb captured first photo of asteroid belt outside Solar System
New research shows Saturn's rings are very old. Italian team proposes asteroid exploration using human-like ball covering
Webb launched December 25th, 2021, revealing previously unseen details in space. SMACS 0723 galaxy cluster shows thousands of galaxies 4 billion light-years away. Pillars of Creation reveals young stars forming in 6,500 light-year region. IC 1623 merging galaxies show starburst activity 270 million light-years away. Tarantula Nebula reveals thousands of previously obscured young stars
Webb's first full-color images released on July 12, 2022. Telescope launched at 10:30 AM EDT from NASA's Goddard Space Center. Images selected by international committee from NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI
K2-18b is 120 light-years away and 8.6 times Earth's mass. Planet orbits star K2-18 in Leo constellation in 33 days. Discovered in 2015, previously showed water vapour in 2019