IMAGE SOURCE,NASA/ESA/CSA/STSCI/WEBB ERO PRODUCTION TEAMThe Tarantula Nebula: Only 161,000 light years from Earth, this is a place where thousands of stars were born
It was the $10bn gift to the world. A machine that would show us our place in the Universe.
The James Webb Space Telescope was launched exactly a year ago, on Christmas Day. It had taken three decades to plan, design and build.
Many wondered whether this successor to the famed Hubble Space Telescope could actually live up to expectations.
We had to wait a few months while its epic 6.5m primary mirror was unpacked and focused, and its other systems tested and calibrated.
