Star light, star bright, the James Webb Space Telescope has seen its first star (though it wasn't quite tonight) – and even taken a selfie, NASA announced Friday.
Star light, star bright, the James Webb Space Telescope has seen its first star – and even taken a selfie,The steps are part of the months-long process of aligning the observatory's enormous golden mirror that astronomers hope will begin unraveling the mysteries of the early Universe by this summer.
"The entire Webb team is ecstatic at how well the first steps of taking images and aligning the telescope are proceeding," NASA had previously said a selfie wasn't possible, so the news comes as a welcome bonus for space fans.
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The James Webb Space Telescope's first images have scientists excited (and a bit relieved)Chelsea “Foxanne” Gohd joined Space.com in 2018 and is now a Senior Writer, writing about everything from climate change to planetary science and human spaceflight in both articles and on-camera in videos. With a degree in Public Health and biological sciences, Chelsea has written and worked for institutions including the American Museum of Natural History, Scientific American, Discover Magazine Blog, Astronomy Magazine and Live Science. When not writing, editing or filming something space-y, Chelsea 'Foxanne' Gohd is writing music and performing as Foxanne, even launching a song to space in 2021 with Inspiration4. You can follow her on Twitter chelsea_gohd and foxannemusic.
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