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A once-in-a-lifetime planetary alignment is coming in 2026, here’s exactly when

A rare alignment of two exoplanets with their star, marking one of the few known exosyzygies, an astronomical event involving ...
New Scientist

Rare exoplanet alignment set for 2026 – but we are likely to miss it

An exosyzygy – an alignment of three celestial objects around another star – is predicted to happen later this year, but it ...
Daily Mail

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captures its first PHOTONS of starlight as it begins its three-month alignment process

The infrared observatory launched on Christmas Day last year, taking off from the European Space Agency spaceport in French Guiana, on an Ariane 5 rocket. After travelling a million miles, it finally ...
The Independent

Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope begins unprecedented task of aligning itself

Nasa has begun the process of focusing the James Webb Space Telescope so that it may capture images of stars and galaxies shortly after the Big Bang. The $10 billion telescope has to unfold its huge 6 ...
Electronics Weekly

James Webb Space Telescope fully focused in space

Alignment of the James Webb Space Telescope is now complete, reports the European Space Agency (ESA). An international partnership between NASA, ESA and CSA, the system has now passed a full review ...
BBC

James Webb Space Telescope in final stretch

James Webb, astronomy's new super space telescope, has taken another major step to full operational capability. The $10bn successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is now fully focused and aligned.
Nature

Optical Aberration Theory in Space Telescopes

Optical aberration theory remains a fundamental component in the design and operation of space telescopes. With increasingly ambitious astronomical missions and the demand for high-resolution imaging, ...