BBCNEWS BBC News at One June 4, 2024 12:28:00
We are seeing light that has journeyed for over 13 billion years to reach us. it is almost like a time machine. you're looking back into the far distant past, and so we can begin to answer those questions such as how did the first galaxies and stars form? the hope with this telescope is we see sort of almost in real time, as it were, a history of the universe, playing it out. and lift off! the telescope blasted off last year, on christmas day. the start of a new era of exploration. james webb is a collaboration between the american, european and canadian space agencies, and over the last six m...