FROM THE EDITOR
Daniel Bennett, Editor
COVER: MAGIC TORCH THIS PAGE: WILL AMLOT, ALAMY, BBC ILLUSTRATION: HARRIET NOBEL
At the start of the year, the James Webb Space Telescope moved our horizons. It enabled us to see deeper into space and further back in time than ever before. Since then, Webb has provided new discoveries at an almost metronomic pace. It’s shown us some of the earliest, complex molecules in space; uncovered more black holes than we thought there were; allowed us to examine the birth of stars in unprecedented detail and much more besides. Suffice to say, it’s been a productive first year for Webb. So it might surprise you to learn that NASA is already working on its successor: the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO).