When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Stars are getting sharper in the James Webb Space Telescope's field of view. The team recently ...

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 ...

While the purpose of this image was to focus on the bright star at the center for alignment evaluation, Webb’s optics and NIRCam are so sensitive that the galaxies and stars seen in the background ...

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 ...

The James Webb Space Telescope will be the most powerful space telescope ever built, and it will succeed NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope by 2018. Powering this massive observation machine is a huge ...

The mirrors and instruments working together will enable the huge observatory's science observations. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...