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“Journey back to the birth of the universe”: NASA launches the James Webb space telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope was launched from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on December 25, as part of a joint effort between NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency. NASA described the Webb Telescope Expedition as their “groundbreaking flagship mission to seek light from the first galaxies in the early universe,” seeking to explore Earth’s solar system as well as planets orbiting other stars. . This video shows the launch of the telescope on an Ariane 5 rocket. “Flown from a tropical rainforest to the limit of time, James Webb begins a journey back to the birth of the universe,” explains the announcer. Credit: NASA via Storyful