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TheJames Webb Telescopeis one step closer to taking its place as the successor to theHubble Telescope.
The results are even better than the NASA team hoped.
We have exceeded every expectation.
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The telescope has performed better than the models said it should.
The test image shows a bright star in the center with galaxies and stars in the background.
Artist rendition of the NASA Webb Telescope.
Artist rendition of the NASA Webb Telescope. (Photo:NASA GSFC/CIL/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez,CC BY 2.0)
Today we can say that design is going to deliver.
Most recently, the team also completed an alignment stage called fine phasing.
Although this is great news, the alignment phase isn’t over just yet.
Started in early February, it is a process that takes three months to complete.
The team will spend the next six weeks fine-tuning all of the imaging instruments.
By early May, they should be all set to proceed with preparing science instruments.
