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The same algorithms used to fix Hubble's famous flaw are now being used to align Webb’s mirror segments. “We adapted for what was done to fix Hubble... We realized when the JWST mirrors aren’t perfectly aligned they represent an aberrated mirror" that is a lot like the original blurry Hubble images.


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