24K views · 1.8K reactions |  Come together, right now, over Webb!  The most powerful and complex space science telescope ever created by humankind is one step closer to launch. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently reached a key milestone after its two halves were mechanically and electronically connected at Northrop Grumman’s facilities in Redondo Beach, California. | NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center | Facebook

The James Webb Space Telescope, NASA's premier space observatory of the next decade, successfully launched from French Guiana. Webb will peer into the very atmospheres of exoplanets, some of which are potentially habitable, and it could uncover clues in the ongoing search for life outside of Earth. | CNN