for signs of life on other planets. alice key reports. mission control: we have reached the end of deployment and we are preloading into the launch pad. cheering and applause. celebrations from mission control in baltimore as the final piece of the telescope puzzle slots into place. there are no cameras on board so this live animation was the only way to see the final mirrored wing of the world s largest space telescope unfold. mission control: and we have a fully deployed jws webb observatory. all right. talking to staff afterwards, nasa s director of science praised them for making history. i want to tell you just how excited and emotional i am right now. we have a deployed telescope in orbit. a magnificent telescope the likes of which the world has never seen. so how does it feel to make history, everybody? you just did it! the new observatory will look deeper into space than ever before. infrared technology will allow it to see the first stars and galaxies formed a 13.5 billion yea
to open in a few weeks time. the biggest, most powerful telescope nasa has ever launched has successfully been assembled in space two weeks after its christmas day take off. it s hoped the james webb telescope will teach astronomers about the history of the cosmos, as well as search for signs of life on other planets. alice key reports. mission control: we have reached the end of deployment and we are preloading into the launch pad. cheering and applause. celebrations from mission control in baltimore as the final piece of the telescope puzzle slots into place. there are no cameras on board so this live animation was the only way to see the final mirrored wing of the world s largest space telescope unfold. mission control: and we have a fully deployed jws webb observatory. all right. talking to staff afterwards, nasa s director of science praised them for making history. i want to tell you just how excited and emotional i am right now.
perfectly to act as a single huge mirror. so each one of those mirrors, which is very lightweight, have motors on the back which can move them up and down, tip them sideways, rotate them and even slightly bend them to make sure they have exactly the right focus. nothing this complex has ever been tried in space before, but if it works, by the summer, it should be sending back its first images and scientists say they could revolutionise the way we see our universe. alice key, bbc news. it s usually one of the biggest
they could revolutionise the way we see our universe. alice key, bbc news. it s usually one of the biggest nights in hollywood, but this evening s golden globes ceremony will be held without a list stars or a red carpet. the event is being boycotted after it emerged that the organising committee had not had a single black member for more than 20 years. the awards will be announced via social media, as our entertainment correspondent colin paterson reports. # it all began tonight. tonight, west side story is one of the big favourites to win at the golden globes. but none of its stars and its director, steven spielberg, will be there.
as a result of what s happening. in london, rapper dave s upcoming 02 arena concerts have been postponed, after part of the venue s roof was ripped off. but there s more bad weather on the way. met office warnings are in place for heavy rain and gusts of up to 70 miles an hour predicted in the next two days. in the next few days. on the trains, delays and cancellations are set to continue. passengers at preston shared their frustration. it was absolutely awful, carnage. we got on at the first stop, we got a seat and everything, but it was standing for a lot of people all the way down. people lost their lives in these winds and because we stood up on a train, we were just grateful to get home. the worst of storm eunice might be over, but insurers say that clean up costs could rise above £300 million, so its impact could be felt for a long time to come. alice key, bbc news. a passenger who was missing