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let's get more on that revolutionary james webb telescope. orth. he has been involved in the webb project at various stages. he describes the new telescope as, hubble on steroids. tell us more. certainly. this last hour has just been amazing. absolutely flawless launch, went up on time, looked beautiful and then it went through all the motions exactly as the flight director says. everything is going great. it separated out and then the solar array came out that provides the power and the telescope is now power positive, as they say. it is powered by the sun. and now it is embarking onjourney to its by the sun. and now it is embarking on journey to its orbit. by the sun. and now it is embarking onjourney to its orbit. one by the sun. and now it is embarking on journey to its orbit. one and a half million kilometres. it is on journey to its orbit. one and a half million kilometres.— half million kilometres. it is an amazin: half million kilometres. it is an amazing achievement. - half million kilometres. it is an amazing achievement. when . half

. >> the james webb telescope launched from french guyana, will take 30 days to reach destination and study some of the first stars and galaxies. silicon valley had a big hand, mountain view scientists helped with what powered it. find the full story at nbcbayarea.com, search james webb telescope. >>> oakland had a violent christmas, including a officer-involved shooting, 500 block of 98th ave. man waved gun at responding officers and officer fired, no one was hit, suspect arrested and officer placed on leave, standard procedure. >>> rain and snow putting a dent in the historic drought, and it's a welcome relief for farmers. for impact on california's hard-hit wine industry -- >> reporter: this is america's premier wine growing area, some of the most expensive farmland in the country. but like the rest of california, this past growing season napa valley suffered through the state's driest rainfall year in more than a century. how serious is this compared to other years. >> as serious as i've seen it. >> reporter: had to run operations with some reservoirs practically empty. dried out.

the james webb telescope is on board a european ariane rocket which took off from french guiana. pe, and designed to beam back unprecedented images of the universe. it's the most powerful ever built and the developers hope it will reveal stars and galaxies from the birth of the universe, as well as distant planets which could provide evidence of life beyond earth. to discuss the launch, i'm joined now by paul byrne, associate professor of earth and planetary science at the washington university in st louis. thank you very much for being with us. i take it you were glued to your screen if you hours ago.— screen if you hours ago. yes, i was u . screen if you hours ago. yes, i was u- at screen if you hours ago. yes, i was up at five — screen if you hours ago. yes, i was up at five o'clock _ screen if you hours ago. yes, i was up at five o'clock in _ screen if you hours ago. yes, i was up at five o'clock in the _ screen if you hours ago. yes, i was up at five o'clock in the morning i up at five o'clock in the morning local time, the earliest i have been up local time, the earliest i h

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the james webb telescope is on board a european ariane rocket which took off from french guiana. cope, and designed to beam back unprecedented images of the universe. it's the most powerful ever built and the developers hope it will reveal stars and galaxies from the birth of the universe, as well as distant planets which could provide evidence of life beyond earth. and we have engine start. and lift—off. the start of a blockbuster astronomy mission. james webb begins a voyage back to the birth of the universe. inside this rocket is the biggest telescope ever sent into space. punching a hole through the clouds. 20 seconds into the flight... this is the james webb space telescope. it's a successor to hubble, but 100 times more powerful. after three decades in the making, and a cost of $10 billion, it's finally on its way. 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

for how is that james webb telescope different to hubble?to hubble? for one thing, i went expectations are high. i - i went expectations are high. i think hubble may have spoiled us. i hope not. but we expect that james webb will be about 100 times more powerful than the upper an the term 100 times more powerful, hubble allowed us to see pretty far back in time if you can imagine that with webb we believe we are going to be able to see energy that has emanated from about 13 and a half billion years ago. so we will be able to look almost back to the big bang. so the light that started in the big bang will get to jw st and we will begin to understand how our universe was formed. 50 begin to understand how our universe was formed-— was formed. so that is interesting. it almost looking _ was formed. so that is interesting. it almost looking back _ was formed. so that is interesting. it almost looking back in _ was formed. so that is interesting. it almost looking back in a - was formed. so that is interesting. it almost looking back in a period

reporter: the christmas morning launch of the james webb telescope could yield the greatest gift of all, data from light created nearly 14 billion years ago at the beginning of the universe. unlike previous space telescope such as hubble, ultrasensitive sensors will analyze ultraviolet light. the complex goldplated mirror will operate from in orbit a million miles up, giving a clearer view than on earth >>, due to air pollution. >>>> we will be able to see highly red shifted objects, things formed near the beginning of the universe. reporter: thomas greene is an astrophysicist who has been working on this mission for 25 years. >> we expect to see where things we haven't seen before. it will probably be different molecules, different chemistry than we have seen in planets in our solar system. reporter: he will be looking for evidence of carbon, along with ammonia and methane in the atmosphere of small, rocky planets that could indicate their harboring light. it will take 10 days for the large mirrors to unfold. the james webb telescope is a collaborative effort of the european and canadi

preparations are under way for the launch of a rocket carrying a space telescope that could transform our understanding of the universe. the james webb

hubble's successor is nasa's james webb telescope. billion spacecraft will go beyond earth's orbit — 930,000 miles into deep space. once in space, it unfurls its sunshield and deploys its giant mirror and instruments. the space telescope is much more powerful than hubble. it'll be able to analyse the atmospheres of worlds orbiting distant stars to see if there are signs of life. it'll also be able to witness the birth of the very first stars. this is a simulation of that critical moment. the purple areas are clouds of hydrogen gas becoming ever denser until they form stars, blazing like fireworks. james webb is expected to capture images of this really happening. i'm so excited! why are you so excited? isn't that just fantastic that as humanity, a tiny little civilisation on planet earth, that we can create a telescope that we can send up into space and peer back to the universe as it was just a couple of hundred million years after the big bang? and some incredible views from space were obtained from these aerials planted in a small f

move over hubble, the james webb telescope will launch christmas morning from french guiana.n.a.s.a. spent $10 billion to build it. we could see the universe as it looked right after the big bang. how cool is that? here's mark strassmann. >> reporter: from the perch a million miles beyond earth, the james webb telescope will glimpse the dawn of tame like nothing before us. >> the universe is a 13.8 billion story and we're missing key paragraphs in the very first chapter. >> reporter: n.a.s.a. astro physicist amber straughn hopes webb's discoveries will fill in in blanks. >> we hopefully will be able to see the galaxies for the first time. >> reporter: the gold plated mirror will alline to create one mirror, 21 feet across, six times larger than the one on the hubble space telescope. for more than three decades, hubble has given us stunning humbling views of the universe. but webb will search for heat >> we aroking for thes. the telt cold, it will actually glow brighter than the objoro blo th, engineers designed a first of its kind sun shield, the size of a tennis court. it's

we will be following the launch of the james webb space telescope from this point which is the launch in french guiana. nasa's james webb space instrument, which has cost £10 billion, will be released from a rocket 26 minutes after blast—off. our science editor, rebecca morelle reports. stunning images revealing the beauty of our universe, but we've only seen a tiny fraction of it. now, a new astronomy mission is set to revolutionise our view. this is the james webb space telescope. it's a successor to hubble, but 100 times more powerful. after three decades in the making and a cost of $10 billion, it is finally ready to launch. we've never attempted anything like that in space before. we are 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 6.5m—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

james webb begins a voyage back to the birth of the universe. inside this rocket is the biggest telescopent into space. punching a hole through the clouds. 20 seconds into the flight... this is the james webb space telescope. it's a successor to hubble, but 100 times more powerful. after three decades in the making, and a cost of $10 billion, it's finally on its way. 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 protects the telescope from the heat and light of the sun. sitting a million miles away from the earth, the telescope will give us our deepes

hundreds of things have to go right before the webb telescope can take a single image. >> reporter: from its perch a million miles beyond earth, the jamesebb space telescope will glimpse the dawn of time like nothing before us. >> the universe is a 13.8- billion-year story, and we're missing key paragraphs in the very first chapter. >> reporter: n.a.s.a. astrophysicist amber straughn hopes webb's discoveries will fill in the blanks. >> we hopefully will be able to see those first galaxies for the very first time. and of course, galaxies are the homes of stars, and stars are the homes of planets, and planets of course are the homes of life. and so this telescope is our going to be next giant leap in our search for habitable planets in our galaxy. >> reporter: webb's 18 hexagonal gold-plated mirrors will align to create one giant mirror. it's 21 feet across, six times larger than the one on the hubble space telescope. for more than three decades, hubble has given us stunning, humbling views of the universe. but, webb will be a major upgrade. like a night vision camera, this infrared telescope will search for heat signatures of the very fi

largest and most powerful space telescope of rebels has launched from south america decor large lifts from a tropical rain for us to the edge of time itself. james webb begins a voyage back to the birth of the universe. scientists are hoping that james webb telescope will help to manage better understand stars and galaxies that are over 13000000000 years old. i was 0 money. well right below was at the law site in crew and french kiana. he says the vibrations created by them lift off could be felt throughout the control room. vehicle performance seems like all systems are nominal here. the excitement is palpable behind us in that control room. just moments ago we could hear the sounds from those powerful rocket boosters. more than 480 metric of solid rocket fuel propelling just enough to blast off and send the spacecraft more than more than one and a half 1000000 kilometers away from earth. you can just really feel the vibrations here in the building and really hear hear those sounds. but as far as we can tell, everything went off without a hitch in terms of that initial lift off. but again, this is really just the beginning. 27 minutes after lift off

they're ready to launch the james webb telescope into space.could answer some of the biggest questions we have about our universe and how it began. cnn's kristin fisher is here with more on this. no small feat. just answer the questions of the universe. everything about this is fascinating. what is going to happen tomorrow? >> kate, this launch is about as high-stakes as it gets for nasa. if heaven forbid something goes wrong tomorrow, that is more than two decades, $10 billion down the drain just like that. it would be a huge embarrassment for nasa and a massive blow to astronomers all over the world. if i would goes well and nasa believes it will, this telescope could truly transform our understanding of the universe and can answer questions like where did that very first light in the cosmos come from and are we alone in the universe? here's nasa administrator bill nelson on our air just this morning. >> it's 100 times more powerful than the hubble space telescope. it's brought all of this revelation. yes, it's a time machine. it looks back a

telescope to work. 0ur science editor rebecca morelle has the story. and lift off! the moment of launch for an astronomy mission like no other, as the james webb with a million—mile journey ahead. but, as it travels, it has a fiendishly difficult task to do — unfolding. it's so big, we didn't have any rocket that's big enough to launch it, you know, fully deployed. so, we had to build this telescope to be folded up, to fit inside the rocket. this is really, really difficult engineering. but, you know, nasa has never shied away from doing hard things and so i have full confidence that it's going to work. unfurling the sun shield is the most difficult part of this process. it's enormous — the size of a tennis court. first, its two halves are lowered into position. then, the booms are deployed. the operation involves 400 pulleys, 400 metres of cabling and more than 100 release mechanisms that have to fire at exactly the right time. 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—b

it's the make or break moment for the james webb space telescope as it deploys its tennis court size shield. ♪ hello, and welcome. if you are watching in the u.k. or on pbs in the u.s. or wherever around the world. a woman who gave key evidence in the trial of ghislaine maxwell has spoken publicly today, saying she hopes the guilty verdict will bring some solace to her survivors. she said the case demonstrated that no one is above the law. maxwell was found guilty yesterday by a jury in new york of grooming underage girls to be abused by her friend, jeffrey epstein. her lawyer say they will appeal against the verdict. our correspondent has this report fromew york that does contain some flashing images. reporter: good morning, the downfall of the former british socialite has been news here. for one of the four women brave enough to testify to put her behind bars he was abused as a teenager has been giving her views. >> i wasn't sure this day would ever come and i just feel so grateful that the jury believed us. it's in a strong message that perpetrators will be held accountable, no ma

telescope. it's 6 and a half meter mirror makes the hubble look tiny by comparison. the james webb, the biggest telescope ever sent into space, is made up of 18 segments plated with a raise, a thin gold coating. the instrument has to be folded up to fit into the rockets nose cone. the telescope will scan the heavens using long wave infra red light. ah, astronomers will be able to look back towards the big bang, nearly 14000000000 years ago. back to the origins of the universe and the formation of the 1st stars and galaxies. the new telescope could also prove decisive in the search for extra terrestrial life. it can prob, so called ex planet, nearly 5000 has already been discovered orbiting distant suns. the james web will monitor how extra planets move in conjunction with the stars. transits like this mean it can take a virtual fingerprint at the atmosphere of these remote worlds and assess for the 1st time whether they hold the building blocks of life. before the research can begin, there will be a delicate 2 week operation in which the telescope has to unfold itself. never before

and a make or break moment for the new james webb telescope, on its thrilling mission to capture the light from the first ever stars. good afternoon. the british socialite ghislaine maxwell has been found guilty of recruiting and trafficking young girls to be sexually abused by the late american financierjeffrey epstein. the 60—year—old was found guilty on five of the six counts she faced — including the most serious charge, that of sex trafficking a minor. maxwell faces spending the rest of her life in prison after she was found guilty by a jury in new york, but her lawyers say they are already preparing to appeal against the conviction. our north america correspondent aleem maqbool reports. court sketches show the moment ghislaine maxwell's victims have waited decades for. after five days of deliberation, jurors decided she was guilty on five counts linked to the sexual abuse of teenagers. and it was four of her victims who helped put her behind bars. the court heard how ghislaine maxwell gained their trust. during their emotional testimony, they told the jury how she instructed th

days after launching into orbit, it's the "make or break" moment for the james webb space telescope, as it starts to unfold its tennis court—sized sunshield. a woman who gave key evidence in the trial of ghislaine maxwell has spoken publicly today, saying she hopes the guilty verdict will bring some solace to other survivors. annie farmer, the only witness to use her real name during testimony, said the case demonstrated that no—one was above the law. maxwell was found guilty yesterday by a jury in new york of grooming underage girls to be abused by her friend, jeffrey epstein. her lawyers say they will appeal against the verdict. 0ur correspondent aleem maqbool�*s report from new york contains some flashing images. good morning, america. guilty. good morning, guilty. white the downfall of the british former socialite, now— a convicted sex trafficker, has been headline news here. one of the four women brave enough to testify to put her behind bars, who was abused as a teenager, has been giving her reaction. i was not sure this day would ever come. i just feel so grateful that the jur

james webb, telescope is now travelling to its final destination more than 4 times further than the moon. it will be 6 months before it can collect scientific data. a long wait for scientists there barely a blip in the soon to be revealed. timespan of the universe. well, early i spoke with micah and garcia, marin of the european space agency and i asked her which inside scientists are hoping to glean from this telescope. there are a few big themes so that the 1st one, which was one of the same that started there, that the space for the, the scope was to serve the very 1st, the staffing galaxies were talking about 13500000000 years ago. so we're going to send those very 1st, like this and aside from them. from there we will have more close my galaxy up at the local galaxy. understand how got access and will and how they form and generate levels of survey life cycle of stars for the food stamps. and also surveillance affects the planet by x. a planet. many benefits outside of the storage system with the objective of finding indications of life in those planet. that was marketing le garcia,

but what exactly is the james webb space telescope and how will it help us. discover the origins of the universe. what makes this telescope different than the rest. it's all about like light comes in many forms like ultra violent x-rays, infrared and visible light. visible light is what our eyes can see, but it can only travel so far before it fades while infrared light travels much farther and isn't as easily blocked by objects in window on the universe. the hubble space telescope has been our premier space telescope for decades, but it primarily sees visible light. >> while the james webb telescope sees infrared. this means it will allow us to peer through clouds of gas and dust in our own galaxy where stars and planets are being born today because a parade travels longer distances before fading. it will allow us to see farther back in time to the time when the very first stars and galaxies were being born. >> the telescope is really a time machine because light travels at a finite speed through the universe. we see the universe as it existed when that ligh

the james webb telescope, named after a former head of nasa, is programmed to capture light from thecess of unfolding its sunshield needs to happen without a hitch, as our science editor rebecca morelle reports. and lift off! the moment of launch for an astronomy mission like no other, as the james webb space telescope blasted off. then the rocket casing opened up, and the telescope was released into the darkness of space, with a million—mile journey ahead. but, as it travels, it has a fiendishly difficult task to do — unfolding. it's so big, we didn't have any rocket that's big enough to launch it, you know, fully deployed. so, we had to build this telescope to be folded up, to fit inside the rocket. this is really, really difficult engineering. but, you know, nasa has never shied away from doing hard things and so i have full confidence that it's going to work. unfurling the sun shield is the most difficult part of this process. it's enormous — the size of a tennis court. first, its two halves are lowered into position. then, the booms are deployed. the operation involves 400 pulle

are under way for the rescheduled launch of a space telescope that could transform our understanding of the universe. the rocket carrying the james webbch guiana later on saturday. it's the successor to the hubble space telescope and it will give us a much deeper understanding of our universe and how it came about. our science editor rebecca morelle reports. it's taken 30 years to develop, cost more than $10 billion and has involved thousands of scientists. now, the james webb space telescope is finally ready to launch, to begin the most ambitious astronomy mission ever attempted. this telescope is absolutely the biggest and most complex and most powerful telescope that we've ever attempted to send to space. all of us astronomers are extremely eager to get this telescope into space. but, you know, i think it's going to work and i think it's going to, again, you know, just completely revolutionise how we understand the cosmos. the telescope is a successor to hubble, which has given us amazing images, butjames webb is much more powerful. its mirror is almost three times bigger, which means it can reveal parts of the cosmos we've never s

underway for the launch of a rocket carrying a space telescope that could transform our understanding of the universe. the rocket carrying the james webbt of under threat because of the money that it requires and we have a chance of thatis requires and we have a chance of that is stricter with the purse strings and then borisjohnson would

telescope to work. our science editor has more. reporter: the moments of launch for an astronomy mission like no other. as the james webb telescope blasted off. then, the rocket casing opened up and attend the skate was released into the darkness of space with a one million mile journey ahead. but as it travels, it has a fiendishly occult task to do. -- difficult task to do. unfolding. >> we did not have any rocket big enough to launch it fully deployed. so we had to fold it up to fit inside the rocket. this is really, really difficult engineering, but nasa has never shied away from doing fficult things. i have full confidence it will work. reporter: unfurling the sun shield is the most difficult part of this process. it is the size of a tennis court. first, its two halves are lowered into position, then booms are deployed. it involves 400 pulleys, 400 meters of cabling, and more than 100 release mechanisms that have to work at exactly the right time. finally, the five layers of the sun shield, each as thin as a human hair, separates. the whole process has been rehearsed again and again on earth, but doing this in space