Tag: Aperture Masking Interferometer
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How Australian scientists sharpened James Webb Telescope’s vision from a million kilometres away
Overview: A distant problem, a local solution When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched in 2021, the world watched with awe at humanity’s most powerful eye into the cosmos. Yet even as the telescope floated in space, a stubborn challenge persisted: subtle image blur arising from how Webb’s instruments handle light. For Australian scientists,…
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How Australian Scientists Sharpen James Webb’s Vision from 1.5 Million Kilometres Away
Overview: A Quiet Engineering Triumph Behind James Webb’s Sharp Vision When the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) launched in 2021, the world watched a leap forward in astronomy. Yet behind the awe-inspiring images lay a stubborn, practical problem: Webb’s most precise imaging depended on the performance of a tiny, critical component called the aperture masking…