Space Agency Confirms First Images from Next-Gen Telescope
Initial calibration images from the newly deployed observatory have exceeded expectations, scientists say.
A space agency confirmed that its next-generation orbital observatory has returned its first calibration images, revealing levels of clarity and sensitivity that scientists say surpass pre-launch projections across all measured parameters.
The telescope, which took twelve years to develop at a cost of $9.7 billion, is designed to observe the earliest galaxies in the universe and characterise the atmospheres of potentially habitable exoplanets through infrared and ultraviolet spectroscopy.
Full science operations are expected to begin within three months once calibration and instrument alignment procedures are complete, with the first targeted observation campaign focusing on a sample of nearby exoplanet systems.
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