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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 show up. At this stage of Webb?s mirror alignment, known as ?fine phasing,? each of the primary mirror segments have been adjusted to produce one unified image of the same star using only the NIRCam instrument. This image of the star, which is called 2MASS J17554042+6551277, uses a red filter to optimize visual contrast.

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The James Webb Space Telescope has sent back its clearest image yet

A crucial phase of mirror alignment has been completed for the James Webb Space Telescope, and the process resulted in the highest resolution infrared image ever taken from space

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We mustn’t let the billionaire rocket men decide what happens in space

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NASA funds experimental radiation shield and Mars climbing robot

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NASA funds experimental radiation shield and Mars climbing robot

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Astronauts on Mars might trip up less if they can hear their footsteps

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Astronauts on Mars might trip up less if they can hear their footsteps

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SpaceX is planning its highest Dragon flight yet, with a private crew

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James Webb Space Telescope just sent back its first image - of itself

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James Webb Space Telescope just sent back its first image - of itself

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Don’t Look Up: Could we save Earth from a comet in just six months?

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New Chandra observations have been used to make the first detection of X-ray emission from young stars with masses similar to our Sun outside our Milky Way galaxy. The Chandra observations of these low-mass stars were made of the region known as the

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Rare intergalactic supernova may have been seen outside the Milky Way

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James Webb Space Telescope fired its onboard thrusters for nearly five minutes (297 seconds) to complete the final post launch course correction to Webb?s trajectory. This mid-course correction burn inserted Webb toward its final orbit around the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point, or L2, nearly 1.5 million kilometres away from Earth.

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The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at its final destination

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Artist's illustration of the Local Bubble

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Huge gas bubble that contains the solar system mapped for first time

The solar system lies inside a structure called the Local Bubble that is some 1000 light years across – and a map of its surface shows it is the site of star formation

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Watch the best ever simulation of stars being born in a cosmic cloud

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What the thermodynamics of clocks tell us about the mysteries of time

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2022 preview: A round-up of the year's most exciting space missions

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Sample of asteroid Ryugu brought to Earth is a strange dark colour

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