Moving at a quarter of a mile per second in space, NASA’s long-awaited James Webb Space Telescope got its golden wings Saturday in the final stage of its deployment since launch.

The James Webb Space Telescope successfully completed the unfolding of its giant gold mirror on Saturday. This rounds out some of the greatest challenges and deployments for Webb since it launched ...

One of the 18 golden segments of the James Webb Space Telescope’s giant mirror was hit by a micrometeoroid in May, according to an update from NASA.But don’t worry – the space observatory is ...

NASA's massive James Webb Space Telescope has notched another milestone with all 18 primary mirror segments and the secondary mirror fully deployed.

Engineers commanded NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to unfurl its over 21-foot wide golden mirrors this week, and the crucial test succeeded.

With James Webb's MIRI instrument now cooled to its operating temperature, the telescope is approaching its final temperature as it mirrors cool as well.

The James Webb Space Telescope's main mirror is fully aligned and performs even better than it had been designed for, NASA revealed in a briefing on Wednesday (March 16).

NASA has announced that it hit a massive milestone in getting the James Webb Space Telescope ready for science operations this summer. The telescope's mirrors are now fully aligned, and the ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope is now, finally, a fully deployed telescope. On January 8, 2022, NASA made history by successfully unfolding the telescope’s primary mirror — the largest of its ...

Now you know why the mirrors of the James Webb Telescope are gold-plated. Story by Ioanna Lykiardopoulou Ioanna is a writer at TNW.