BALTIMORE, USA, Oct. 9, 2026 - A research team has secured allocated observing time on the James Webb Space Telescope for the next three years.

Google published a homepage doodle featuring the James Webb Telescope's Rosebud Nebula image for 2026 World Space Week.

The MeerKAT radio telescope array in South Africa detected an ancient fast radio burst in March 2024.

Impact Insight. Time on the James Webb Space Telescope is awarded through competitive proposals, and only a fraction of the requests are approved in each cycle. There is no direct planetary-defense link, although Webb's infrared instruments are also used to measure the sizes of near-Earth asteroids.