AN Ariane 5 rocket launches with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope onboard, 25 December 2021, from the ELA-3 Launch Zone of Europe's Spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called JWST or Webb) is a large infrared telescope with a foot ( meter) primary mirror. The observatory will study every phase of cosmic historyÑfrom within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe. An optimised version of a NASA image by experienced lead photographer Chris Gunn. Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn.

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