"In pursuit of cosmological discovery!"

Especially trying to understand more about the beginnings of the universe! William Cole and Ryan Morrison report,

NASA's revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope has begun its one million mile voyage into solar orbit after successful lift off following decades of planning and delays. Jubilant scientists and engineers shouted 'Go Webb, go!' as the telescope module detached from its rocket and floated off into space far above the earth's surface. It is hoped that the observatory, a replacement for the 30-year-old Hubble telescope, will be travelling so far out be able to peer back in time 13.5bn years – to a point within a mere 100m years of the big bang.

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