From the «and it's a selfie» department:
Feed: New Atlas - New Technology & Science News
Title: James Webb Space Telescope snaps first images – a star and a selfie Author: Michael Irving
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2022 21:38:27 -0500
Link: https://newatlas.com/space/james-webb-space-telescope-first-images/

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The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first images of space. What looks like a smeared starfield is actually the same star snapped 18 times, as the mirror segments try to align themselves to focus on the star. The craft also took a selfie of its mirrors to help align them.

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Category:Space[3], Science[4]

Tags:James Webb Space Telescope[5], JWST[6], Astronomy[7], NASA[8], Image[9], Images[10]

Links:
[1]: https://assets.newatlas.com/47/94/fd7e9442423fa75dc3214d52660d/jwst-2021.jpg (image)
[2]: https://newatlas.com/space/james-webb-space-telescope-first-images/ (link) [3]: https://newatlas.com/space/ (link)
[4]: https://newatlas.com/science/ (link)
[5]: https://newatlas.com/tag/james-webb-space-telescope/ (link)
[6]: https://newatlas.com/tag/jwst/ (link)
[7]: https://newatlas.com/tag/astronomy/ (link)
[8]: https://newatlas.com/tag/nasa/ (link)
[9]: https://newatlas.com/tag/image/ (link)
[10]: https://newatlas.com/tag/images/ (link)



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