New Views Of Our Universe From The James Webb Space Telescope

Today marks the release of the first images of the Cosmos from the huge James Webb Space Telescope, now residing at over 1.5 million kilometres from Earth, heralding a new era of astronomical discovery. Two great scientific discoveries of the past century stand out. The first is that the Universe is expanding and hence had an origin. The second was a chemical basis for the origin of life on Earth, suggesting that life may be common throughout the Universe