A mosaic of images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, showing the images of a single star as seen by the 18 segments of the spacecraft's primary mirror as part of the mirror alignment process.

The James Webb Space Telescope is slowly finding its focus. On February 25, the Webb Telescope team released new images that show how well Webb’s mirror alignment is going, including its first ...

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A "selfie" taken by the James Webb Space telescope during the early stages of calibration process. NASA SHARE Focusing a six-ton, $10 billion space telescope isn’t as simple as turning the focus ring ...

With the James Webb Space Telescope at its final destination in orbit around the sun, now the telescope has to go through a series of alignment processes to get it ready for collecting science data.

A major milestone in the commissioning of the James Webb Space Telescope has been met, as engineers continue to bring the observatory’s view of the universe into focus. Annotated view of the new ...