“Get ready for a new way to see the universe beyond where we’ve been, beyond what we know, beyond time itself,” Nasa boasted as it prepared to share the first set of images and data from the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope; When the big reveal came, the US space agency and its partners exceeded even their own assurances, delivering glimpses of the universe’s evolution in dazzling detail, inducing sips and champagne. “It’s like the moon landing for astronomy,” said Günther Hasinger, director of science at the European Space Agency (ESA). Webb is the biggest, the biggest
