Hacker News
- The James Webb space telescope has arrived at L2 https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html?units=metric 21 comments
- James Webb Status Page https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html 11 comments
- JWST Countdown https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/countdown.html 2 comments
- James Webb Space Telescope http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/ 37 comments
- Megathread: (aspettando) le prime immagini del James Webb Space Telescope https://jwst.nasa.gov/ 99 comments italy
- Official NASA/WEBB countdown clock and link to the first images to be publicly released https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/countdown.html 102 comments space
- James Webb Space Telescope Update - Literally only one more imaging mode (out of 17 ) remaining to be commissioned. https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/assets/images/mirrorAlignment/InstrumentsTracking2.014-2000px.png 3 comments astronomy
- JWT is fully aligned and beating expectations https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/assets/images/mirrorAlignment/mirrorAlignmentCompleteFullFieldImage-1400px.jpg 84 comments space
- The James Webb Telescope cryocooler has made it past the 15K 'pinch point' and has cooled the MIRI instrument to 6 degrees kelvin. https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html 345 comments space
- Il James Webb Space Telescope ha raggiunto la sua orbita definitiva https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html?units=metric 24 comments italy
- I logged in to Where is Webb to find that we're on a final countdown to L2 insertion... ~300 miles to go... https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html 17 comments space
- Comparison of Hubble and the JWST https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/comparisonWebbVsHubble.html 2 comments space
- If you're like me and wanted slightly more technical (but not overwhelming) information about the James Webb Telescope, NASA published an FAQ that has more technical depth than the popsci articles but is still very digestible https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/faqs/faq.html 15 comments space
- Where is Webb? Track Webb on its roughly 1,000,000 mile journey from Earth to entry into its L2 halo orbit https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html 3 comments technology
- Live Tracking of the James Webb Telescope https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html 2 comments space
- Mr Webb's eye in the sky is just about passing the moon as I type. https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html 10 comments space
- Where is the Webb Telescope? Real time telemetry. https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html 3 comments space
- This website tracks the progress of the James Webb Space Telescope https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html 27 comments internetisbeautiful
- Need the market to launch like WEBB https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/countdown.html 5 comments wallstreetbets
- In less than 24 hours, The James Webb Space Telescope will be on it's way to a deep space halo orbit nearly a million miles away from the earth after being blasted into space atop one of the most powerful heavy-lift rockets humans have ever built. Exciting! https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/countdown.html 38 comments space
- Countdown for Webb has STARTED!! See official countdown of the JWST. https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/countdown.html 49 comments space
- A short watercolor story of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), hope you'll like it ! https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/launch.html 16 comments space
- James Webb telescope is going to be launched on December 18, 2021!!! https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/ 810 comments space
- JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE to look to the time of The Big Bang https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/science/firstlight.html 6 comments technology
- This Bad Boy Gonna Find Us The Aliens https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/ 14 comments aliens
- A great shot of the JWST primary mirror unveiled http://jwst.nasa.gov/webbcamwide/clnrm.jpg?1461693345043 4 comments space
- JWST getting it's first mirrors covers peeled. http://jwst.nasa.gov/webbcamwide/clnrmr.jpg?1461607095314 84 comments space
- The first 6 of the James Webb Telescope's 18 primary mirror segments http://jwst.nasa.gov/images2/mirror44.jpg 16 comments space
- JWST being united with the ISIM module http://jwst.nasa.gov/webbcamwide/clnrmr.jpg?1458944177606 8 comments space
- James Web Space Telescopy 18-mirror structure finished http://jwst.nasa.gov/webbcamwide/clnrmr.jpg?1454453708890 17 comments space
- JWST gets his 18th and last mirror placed! Main Mirror structure is now complete. http://jwst.nasa.gov/webbcamwide/clnrmr.jpg?1454096505634 16 comments space
- JWST got his 17th mirror placed!. Just one left!!! http://jwst.nasa.gov/webbcamwide/clnrmr.jpg?1453839484899 693 comments space
- JWST gets its 16th mirror placed, only 2 left to go. http://jwst.nasa.gov/webbcamwide/clnrmr.jpg?1453413392048 9 comments space
- JWST got its 13th mirror deployed http://jwst.nasa.gov/webbcamwide/clnrmr.jpg?1452365848657 29 comments space
- JWST Optical Testbed at Ball Aerospace - Used to test the mirror alignment algorithms (X-Post r/spaceflightporn) http://jwst.nasa.gov/images2/mirror7.jpg 7 comments space
- AskScience AMA series: I'm Lee Feinberg, Optical Telescope Element Manager for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope; we're installing the primary mirror on the Space Telescope, AMA! http://jwst.nasa.gov 249 comments askscience
- I often check the webcams showing the James Webb Space Telescope build area. It seems to be missing at the moment. Where is it? (link inside) http://jwst.nasa.gov/ 9 comments space
- Looking forward to looking backward http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/images2/cosmic_timeline.jpg 27 comments space
- Another diversion from work: Watch NASA technicians assemble and test the Space Telescope (JWST) live via webcam. http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/webcam.html 4 comments space
Linking pages
- Finding Alien Life May Require Giant Telescopes Built in Orbit - Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/finding-alien-life-may-require-giant-telescopes-built-in-orbit/ 464 comments
- Kepler 438b: Most Earth-like planet ever discovered could be home for alien life | Science | The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jan/06/earth-like-planet-alien-life-kepler-438b 462 comments
- Water found on a potentially life-friendly alien planet https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/09/first-water-found-in-habitable-exoplanets-atmosphere-hubble-kepler-k2-18b/ 402 comments
- James Webb's Upper Stage is off to the Launch Site - Universe Today https://www.universetoday.com/152263/james-webbs-upper-stage-is-off-to-the-launch-site/ 337 comments
- Earth has two extra, hidden 'moons' http://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/11/news-earth-moon-dust-clouds-satellites-planets-space/ 302 comments
- A Titan Mission Could Refuel on Site and Return a Sample to Earth - Universe Today https://www.universetoday.com/150507/a-titan-mission-could-refuel-on-site-and-return-a-sample-to-earth/ 261 comments
- How and why the Relational Model works for databases https://blog.the-pans.com/relational 245 comments
- Why the idea of alien life now seems inevitable and possibly imminent https://theconversation.com/why-the-idea-of-alien-life-now-seems-inevitable-and-possibly-imminent-115643 230 comments
- Nearby planet is 'excellent' target in search for life - BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41995572 174 comments
- The world's most powerful space telescope has launched at last https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/at-long-last-the-james-webb-space-telescope-is-ready-to-launch 129 comments
- The James Webb Space Telescope — making 300 points of failure reliable | by Robert Barron | Medium https://flyingbarron.medium.com/the-james-webb-space-telescope-making-300-points-of-failure-reliable-db669810a9d8 123 comments
- James Webb Space Telescope's First Look at Outer Space Is a Kaleidoscope of Faint Starlight | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/james-webb-space-telescopes-first-look-at-outer-space-is-a-kaleidoscope-of-starlight-180979574/ 115 comments
- James Webb proved it’s possible to look for alien life clues in the atmospheres of exoplanets https://interestingengineering.com/james-webb-alien-life-clues-atmospheres-exoplanets 114 comments
- To search for alien life, astronomers will look for clues in the atmospheres of distant planets – and the James Webb Space Telescope just proved it's possible to do so https://theconversation.com/to-search-for-alien-life-astronomers-will-look-for-clues-in-the-atmospheres-of-distant-planets-and-the-james-webb-space-telescope-just-proved-its-possible-to-do-so-184828 96 comments
- Telescope That ‘Ate Astronomy’ Is on Track to Surpass Hubble - The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/science/nasa-webb-space-telescope-hubble.html?action=click&contentCollection=science&contentPlacement=1&module=package&pgtype=sectionfront®ion=rank&rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fscience&version=highlights 80 comments
- Nasa's Ellen Stofan interview: 'Our plan is to colonise Mars' | Nasa | The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jun/22/ellen-stofan-nasa-interview-mars-colonise 79 comments
- Opinion: The amazing Hubble Telescope has suddenly stopped working | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/30/opinions/hubble-telescope-glitch-opinion-lincoln/index.html 59 comments
- Kepler Observatory Seeks More Earths and Other Beings - The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/science/space/31planet.html?_r=1&hp= 59 comments
- The bigger the interface, the weaker the abstraction. https://functionallyimperative.com/p/the-bigger-the-interface-the-weaker 59 comments
- Proxima Centauri Just Released a Deadly Flare, so it's Probably not a Great Place for Habitable Planets - Universe Today https://www.universetoday.com/138674/proxima-centauri-just-released-deadly-flare-probably-not-great-place-habitable-planets/ 48 comments
Linked pages
- NASA https://www.nasa.gov/ 424 comments
- James Webb Space Telescope https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/ 103 comments
- Image Resources https://webbtelescope.org/resource-gallery/images 83 comments
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasawebbtelescope/albums/72177720296737701/ 5 comments
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasawebbtelescope/albums/72177720301006030/ 1 comment
- European Space Agency http://www.esa.int/ESA 0 comments
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasawebbtelescope/albums/72177720300469752/ 0 comments