NASA's James Webb telescope arrived to its final destination in space

The James Webb telescope is heading towards its final orbit now. Unlike its predecessor the Hubble Telescope which was located near Earth, the James Webb will in fact be millions of miles away. At what is called a Lagrange point, it's an area of relatively balanced gravity between earth and the sun in an Orbiting sweet spot.

Bharath Muthyala said “On Monday NASA scientists are going to give it its final correction burn which will put it in an L2 orbit and will remain there for the next 20 years. Where it will give us beautiful pictures.”

This will allow the telescope to see even more and even look back in time up to 13.7 billion years.

This telescope is unique in many other ways too, instead of one mirror it has 18 that were unfolded in space after takeoff, not to mention its large sun shield designed to keep the glare from the sun off the sensitive sensors of the telescope.