{"id":10609,"date":"2022-03-17T11:33:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T11:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1382698"},"modified":"2022-03-17T11:33:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T11:33:05","slug":"listen-up-space-nerds-the-james-webb-space-telescope-has-taken-an-amazing-image-of-a-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=10609","title":{"rendered":"Listen up, space nerds: The James Webb Space Telescope has taken an amazing image of a star"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a huge milestone, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has finally been aligned<\/a> to produce the first unified image of a single star.<\/p>\n

Most traditional telescopes<\/a> these days (like the one you might have in your backyard) have a single primary mirror that collects distant light from stars. But the JWST has 18 mirrors! These had to be aligned extremely precisely to capture the image NASA released today.<\/p>\n

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<\/i><\/a>This gif shows several intermediary images of stars used for the crucial JWST mirror alignment process. GIF: NASA\/Twitter<\/figcaption>