Drawing back the curtain to a photo gallery unlike any other, NASA will soon present the first full-color images from its James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary apparatus designed to peer through the cosmos to the dawn of the universe. The highly anticipated unveiling this week of pictures and spectroscopic data from the newly operational observatory follows a six-month process of remotely unfurling various components, aligning its mirrors and calibrating instruments. Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket, with NASA?s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is seen at the launch pad at Europe?s Spaceport, the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana December 23, 2021. NASA/Bill Ingalls/Handout via REUTERS With Webb now finely tuned and fully focused, astronomers will embark on a com...
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