A "selfie" taken by the James Webb Space telescope during the early stages of calibration process. NASA SHARE Focusing a six-ton, $10 billion space telescope isn’t as simple as turning the focus ring ...

It's an amazing achievement." A nondescript star used to help align the James Webb Space Telescope's optics shows a near-perfect focus in a major milestone for the observatory.

The James Webb Space Telescope has snapped its first in-focus image. The milestone comes after the mission team spent the last few weeks aligning its mirrors, and the telescope is now set to meet ...