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Together. joao fellet, bbc news. the arduous reconstruction process is underway on the spanish island of la palma where a volcano erupted in september. excavators are digging their way through the solidified lava flows while engineers are working to ensure conditions are safe. the eruption of the volcano was declared over on christmas day, after three long months of spewing ash and molten rock over the island. more than 3,000 buildings were destroyed along with hundreds of acres of farmland, forcing thousands of people to leave their homes. the james webb space telescope, launched on christmas...

To finally see it go up there. at the time we were reporting the launch, i remember scientists describing this business they've just completed is a bit like "origami in space". can you explain, first of all, why can't the mirror have just gone up open? there is one very big problem, which it that the jwst has a 6.5—metre—wide mirror and a rocket is about three metres wide. so, you can't fit something that big inside a tiny rocket. so they had to do some creative origami and fold it up, and put it inside this rocket. it also had this absolutely massive sun shield — so this was five layers...

We've never attempted anything like that in space before. we're going to be entering a whole new regime of astrophysics. a new frontier. and that is what gets so many of us excited about james webb space telescope. this space telescope is a feat of engineering. at its heart is a 6.5 metre—wide mirror, made up of 18 hexagonal segments, each coated in a layer of gold. its size means it can detect the incredibly faint light coming from the most distant stars. it also has a huge sun shield, about the size of a tennis court. it's made up of five layers, each as thin as a human hair, and this prot...

This is bbc news. i'm simon pusey. our top stories: diplomacy or deterrence. president biden�*s phone call to president putin laying out the us position over ukraine. a key witness speaks publicly after ghislaine maxwell was found guilty of grooming underage girls to be abused byjeffrey epstein. wildfires have forced the evacuation of thousands of people from their colorado homes in what's being called a life threatening situation. and after the launch it's the make or break moment for the james webb space telescope, as it starts to unfold its super—sized sun shield.

Having successfully completed the unfolding of its sun shield, the james webb space telescope is now manoeuvring its primary mirror into position. at 6.5 metres wide, it's a massive bit of kit and crucial to the telescope working for years to come. our 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 ...