"...a new study by researchers at the University of Ohio has concluded that this could lead to the discovery of extraterrestrial life within as little as 5 to 10 years and a tentative signature of life could even be discovered within a mere 60 hours of the telescope beginning operations." via Unexplained-Mysteries: Headline Image Credit/Caption: Artist's impression of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. ESA, NASA, S. BECKWITH (STSCI) AND THE HUDF TEAM, NORTHROP GRUMMAN AEROSPACE SYSTEMS / STSCI / ATG MEDIALAB The upcoming James Webb Space Telescope will be able to detect the signatures of life on other worlds. Given the sheer number of delays that have befallen the next-generation telescope, it is difficult to imagine how its original estimated launch date of 2007 could have ever been achieved. For more than a decade, the telescope - which will provide unprecedented views of the cosmos - has been beset by delay after delay due to everything from construction issues to the