The world's largest space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, is launched into orbit

  • 26/12/2021

The world's largest and most powerful space telescope has launched on a high-stakes mission to observe light from the first stars and galaxies and search the universe for signs of life.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launched into the morning sky on Saturday from French Guiana on South America's northeastern coast, riding a European Ariane rocket.

The $9 billion observatory hurtled towards its destination 1.6 million kilometres (1 million miles) away – or more than four times the moon's distance. It will take a month to get there and another five months for its infrared eyes to be ready to scan the universe.

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