James Webb space telescope takes up station a million miles from Earth

A Nasa artist's rendition shows the James Webb space telescope, seen as the successor to the Hubble telescope. Photograph: Nasa/AFP/Getty Images

The world’s largest and most powerful space telescope has reached its final destination – an observation post one million miles away from Earth.

Nasa’s $10bn James Webb space telescope launched on Christmas Day last year from French Guiana on a quest to behold the dawn of the universe. Due to its sheer size, Webb had to launch folded inside the Ariane 5, a European rocket.