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The Webb Telescope released its first sharp image — a spectacular view of a star that is focused with such sharpness that it pushes the limits of the laws of physics.

After months of alignment and fine-tuning, the James Webb Space Telescope has produced its first clear image of a star, thanks to the Near Infrared Camera developed and managed by UArizona. NASA is confident that the telescope's optics can achieve the mission's science goals.

Webb was launched from the European spaceport in French Guiana on Christmas Day last year, arriving at its final orbit between Earth and the sun on January 24.

During its decade or more in orbit, Webb will be used by teams of astronomers to study a wide variety of celestial phenomena, from exoplanets to black holes.

Victoria astronomer reaches for the first stars with the help of dazzling new James Webb telescope.

The sharp mirrors of the James Webb Space Telescope will finally be able to probe into the atmospheres of sub-Neptunes.

The mirrors and instruments working together will get the huge James Webb Space Telescope ready for science observations.

Experts led by the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science in Seattle looked at how the James Webb Space Telescope could search for pollutants in the atmospheres of exoplanets.

The new photo shows the 18 unfocused copies of a single sun-like star - called HD 84406 in the constellation Ursa Major - in a stunning hexagonal formation.

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