An image of the star 2MASS J17554042+6551277 taken by the James Webb Space Telescope that confirmed the performance of the spacecraft's optics. The rays are diffraction patterns from the shape of the ...

NASA says its newest space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, has completed its alignment and is ready to begin its final stages of commissioning. According to NASA, Webb is a mere two ...

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Four-and-a-half months after the James Webb Space Telescope's Christmas Day launch, engineers have achieved near-perfect alignment of its complex optical system, setting the stage for final instrument ...

Webb continues on its path to becoming a focused observatory. The team has successfully worked through the second and third out of seven total phases of mirror alignment. With the completion of these ...

NASA said Thursday that the alignment of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is now complete. In a release, the administration wrote that the observatory has been confirmed to be capable of ...