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Webb telescope arrives safely. Now, Canadian astronomers are ready to unravel the mysteries of the universe

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Thereโ€™s been a lot of breath-holding since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched on Dec. 25,ย but now astronomers can exhale: The $10-billion US telescopeย safely reached its destination Monday afternoon.

๐Ÿ  Home, home on Lagrange! We successfully completed our burn to start <a href=โ€https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASAWebb?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfwโ€>#NASAWebb</a> on its orbit of the 2nd Lagrange point (L2), about a million miles (1.5 million km) from Earth. It will orbit the Sun, in line with Earth, as it orbits L2. <a href=โ€https://t.co/bsIU3vccAjโ€>https://t.co/bsIU3vccAj</a> <a href=โ€https://twitter.com/hashtag/UnfoldTheUniverse?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfwโ€>#UnfoldTheUniverse</a> <a href=โ€https://t.co/WDhuANEP5hโ€>pic.twitter.com/WDhuANEP5h</a>

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โ€œWeโ€™re just really excited to announce today that Webb is officiallyย on station at itโ€™s L2 orbit,โ€ Keith Parrish, Webb observatory

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