December 7, 2024

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Star twinkles 18 times in new James Webb Space Telescope image

Star twinkles 18 times in new James Webb Space Telescope image

The James Webb Space Telescope It completed the first major stage in its long process of aligning the 18-segment core observatory.

One star The ones viewed by the observatory were intentionally converted 18 times into a hexagon. In the end, those 18 images will be perfectly aligned in one sharp focus, but the interim result depicts a star that perfectly repeats in a stunning celestial snowflake-like hexagon pattern.