In addition, China is building a space telescope along with the space station called the Xuntian (Chinese Space Station Telescope or CSST). Xuntian’s field of view with 2 m diameter primary mirror is 300 times larger than Hubble space telescope’s field of view. Xuntian rotates with Tiangong and can be docked, updated and repaired in…
Hope of 17 countries, James Webb telescope launch in DecemberThe US space agency, NASA, has announced that the launch of the James Webb Telescope, the world’s most expensive telescope, will take place in December, as previously announced. Last year, the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope was postponed to October 31, 2021 due to…
After nearly 20 years of development and 16 launch delays, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is almost ready. Set to launch on 31 October 2021, the largest space observatory ever built is set to revolutionise our understanding of the cosmos and help solve some of the Universe’s greatest mysteries.Instead or orbiting the Earth, Webb…
