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Webb telescope reaches its final destination far from Earth

The ambitious observatory has arrived at its home — near a gravitationally special spot called L2 — for a premier view of the Universe.
  1. Alexandra Witze
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has just reached its final destination — around a gravitationally special spot in space known as the second Lagrange point, or L2. The US$10-billion observatory could spend 20 or more years there, gathering unprecedented insights about the Universe as it stares into deep space.

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Nature 601, 495 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00128-0

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  • Correction 25 January 2022: The original version of this story incorrectly said that the Solar System has five Lagrange points. In fact, there are five Lagrange points for any system with two massive bodies, such as the Sun–Earth system.

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