Tag: University of Sydney
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Australian Scientists Sharpen James Webb Telescope Images
Overview: Giving James Webb a sharper cosmic sight When NASA launched the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in 2021, its success depended on keeping a razor-sharp view of the cosmos from a distance of about a million miles. A team of Australian researchers has now boosted Webb’s clarity by applying software corrections that recover lost…
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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…