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Webb has the potential to blow people away, even people who are used to hubble. and i know that's hard to imagine, but the instruments are so powerful, the telescope is so powerful, almost anywhere we look, we're going to be breaking new ground in a huge way. the telescope is so big that to get into space, it had to be folded up like origami. it's been busy unfurling, first its sun shield, which is the size of a tennis court. but now a vital stage of the process is beginning. the mirror is the most important part of the telescope. its two folded sides open up and lock into place at 6.5 metres ...

They promise rain. there has been a lot of it and interruptions. australia won the task. england took one wicket. it has been australia's day. frustrating for england. again. england went i would not say with high hopes, but their second victory in an ashes in 34 years. it would always be tough. where there is hope, you hope there is will and intent. but it has not been the easiest time to get cricket on with covid and those issues, but a lack of preparation has hit england hard and you have seen that with them being 3—0 down. hopes evaporated in 12 days. massively disappointing but they wil...

Could be many other planets out there with the ability to sustain life. as nasa put it this is an apollo moment. webb will fundamentally alter our understanding of the universe. it will be six months before we see any images from the telescope. while the launch was successful there is a lot that could go wrong between now and then. the telescope took 30 years to develop and involves what nasa calls giant high tech origami. it was a sun shield that will eventually reach the size of a tennis court. the telescope was folded up to fit into the rocket and throughout the next few weeks will start to...

Finally, the material is pulled taut, and the five layers of the sun shield, each as thin as a human hair, separate. the whole process has been rehearsed again and again on earth, but doing this in space will be nail—biting. it's made of floppy material and it has to be held onto by a series of pins, which release one by one, pull it out, make it tight, release another bit, pull it out again, until slowly, over days, you pull out this tennis court sized object. so, for many people working on the project, that's where the real nerves are. the sun shield protects the telescope from the heat an...

At 6.5m wide, it�*s a massive bit of kit and crucial to the telescope working for years to come. 0ur science editor rebecca morelle explains. travelling through space and getting ready for its mission to begin, the james webb space telescope successfully launched nearly two weeks ago. it�*s a successor to hubble and will revolutionise our view of the universe. webb has the potential to blow people away, even people who are used to hubble. and i know that�*s hard to imagine, but the instruments are so powerful, the telescope is so powerful, almost anywhere we look, we�*re going to be br...