Tuesday marks one year since the James Webb Space Telescope reached its destination, orbiting 1 million miles away from Earth. Here are some of the most striking images taken over the course of a year:Engineers and technicians assemble the James Webb Space Telescope at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Nov. 2, 2016, in Greenbelt, Md. The Pillars of Creation, first captured by the Hubble Telescope in 1995, were photographed by the Webb Telescope in near-infrared light, which is invisible to human eyes. Space Telescope Science Institute/NASAFiery hourglassReleased Nov. 16, the Webb Telescope reveals a protostar, which is the early stages of a star being born. The James Webb Space Telescope catches a fiery hourglass as a new star forms in an image released, Nov. 16, 2022.
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