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Telescopes and space missions

Telescopes and space missions

The ten-billion-dollar gamble: Why the JWST’s delays were a boon for exoplanet science

23 Dec 2021

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is scheduled to launch on 25 December. To mark the event, Physics World is publishing a series of blog posts on the telescope’s technological innovations and scientific missions. This post is the last in the series. Read the first here.

Artist's impression of a blue hot Jupiter exoplanet
Harsh environment: The JWST will search the blue 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet HD 189733b for evidence of molten mineral rain blown by 8700 kph winds. (Courtesy: ESO/M Kornmesser)
For most of the astronomy community, the long-delayed James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) cannot get o

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Keith Cooper is a freelance science journalist and editor
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