James Webb Telescope: Nasa launches $9 billion infrared telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope, a successor to the legendary Hubble Space Telescope, was launched from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on board the powerful Ariane-5 rocket to a destination nearly 15,00,000 kilometres away from its home planet. Facing the dark side of Earth, away from the Sun, the telescope will observe the early universe going as far back as the big bang itself.

The launch of the telescope came amid a small window that popped up on Christmas Day after the lift-off was postponed from a day before due to dangerously high wind that could have put it off course. However, the holiday spirit seems to be pushing the telescope forward on its way to the second Lagrange point, where it will arrive in the next 30 days.

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