A View of the Beginning of Time

<p>Ancient galaxies carpeting the sky like jewels on black velvet. Fledgling stars shining out from deep within cumulus clouds of interstellar dust. Hints of water vapor in the atmosphere of a remote exoplanet.</p><p>This week, NASA released new images captured from a point in space one million miles from Earth.</p><p>Today, we discuss the James Webb Space Telescope, the world’s most powerful space observatory, its journey to launch and what it can teach us about the universe.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/kenneth-chang">Kenneth Chang</a>, a science reporter for The New York Times.</p><p>Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/07/12/science/webb-telescope-images-nasa">Here are more scenes</a> of the universe captured by the Webb telescope.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>