James Webb Space Telescope heads into final stretch of instrument commissioning - TechSpot

NASA at the end of April announced it had completed the final stage of alignment on the James Webb Space Telescope, and that the observatory was ready...

Forward-looking: The final NIRISS mode to be approved, the single-object slitless spectroscopy will be used to look at the atmospheres of exoplanets before, during, and after they eclipse their star.… [+1702 chars]

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