
Astronomy
Webb’s Record-Breaking First Image Shows Why We Build Telescopes
A new galaxy-packed picture from the James Webb Space Telescope offers a chance to rekindle our wonder about the universe
Grant Tremblay is an astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and vice president of the American Astronomical Society. The opinions expressed in this piece are his own. Follow him at his Web site and on Twitter @astrogrant
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