Why do stars have spikes in NASA's James Webb telescope images?
Images of stars taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope appear with six spikes, while stars in Hubble photos appear with four.
The first full-color image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary apparatus designed to peer through the cosmos to the dawn of the universe, shows the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, known as Webb’s First Deep Field, in a composite made from images at different wavelengths. (photo credit: NASA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFUpdated: