James Webb Space Telescope Selfie

Source/Credit: NASA.

NASA has shared the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which includes the selfie of the 18-part mirror shown above. The space telescope is still aligning these mirror segments before prime time, so we will probably see more selfies and related shots for the time being, such as the images below (one labeled) showing the 18 segment views of one star that will eventually become one view of one star.

Keep these raw images in mind once we start to see mind-blowing images from the JWST. This amazing device is just getting started. The first of these images should start to appear this summer.

Source/Credit: NASA.
Source/Credit: NASA.