The James Webb Space Telescope is finally ready to do science – and it’s seeing the universe more clearly than even its own engineers hoped for
- Written by Marcia Rieke, Regents Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
The mirror on the James Webb Space Telescope is fully aligned and producing incredibly sharp images, like this test image of a star.NASA/STScI via FlickrNASA is scheduled to release the first images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12, 2022. They’ll mark the beginning of the next era in astronomy as Webb – the largest...
