unlike hubble, the £7.5 billion spacecraft will go beyond earth's orbit. 930 miles into deep space. once in space, it unfurls its giant mirror and delpoys its instruments. the space telescope is much more powerful than hubble and it will be able to analyse the atmospheres of worlds orbiting distant stars to see if there are signs of life. it will 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,