How much did JWST Cost?

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched on 25th December 2021, after a series of delays. It was the most anticipated event in the world of astronomy, and with the hefty price tag of over $10 billion, it really needed to … Read More

JWST Confirms its First Exoplanet!

For the first time since its launch in December 2021, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has found its first planet orbiting a star, researchers have confirmed. The planet has been formally classified as LHS 475 b, and shared many similarities … Read More

The Easiest Way to Download Raw Data from the James Webb Space Telescope

The first images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) were released earlier this week. As with other NASA missions, they have made this data available to the public so that we can have our own go at processing these incredible images! And it’s absolutely free!

At the time of writing, downloading these files isn’t as simple as pressing a download button on a webpage. It requires opening a .sh file, which is a Unix shell script file that Windows cannot read natively. All is not lost, however, us Windows users can still download this data! We just have to go through an extra hoop to get it.