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Consider Your Insignificance While Gazing at JWST’s First Picture of the Cosmos
It has taken more than 30 years to design, build and launch into space, but the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope are finally trickling in. And I’m excited to say that they are absolutely glorious.
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Webb Space Telescope Deploys Primary Mirror Without a Hitch
The left wing of Webb’s primary mirror unfolded and locked into position on Saturday, in what was the final step of the major deployments phase. The space telescope finally looks like a telescope, but the commissioning phase is far from over.
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Here’s What Could Still Go Wrong With the Webb Space Telescope
The Webb Space Telescope, after years of delays, has finally reached the launch pad. It’s a momentous occasion, but the observatory still needs to go through a complex and unprecedented commissioning process that will require a nerve-wracking six months to complete. The hard part, it would seem, is still to come.
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Webb Telescope Not Damaged Following Mounting Incident, NASA Says
A processing incident that caused the entire Webb Space Telescope to shake did not cause any perceptible damage to the observatory, a NASA-led investigation has concluded.