Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Dr. Jonathan Gardner presents the latest JWST images of the “Firefly Sparkle” galaxy, showcasing intricate details and structures.
There is so much going on inside this seemingly tiny galaxy, it appears like a swarm of lightning bugs on a warm summer night, this galaxy is gleaming with star clusters.
This is the very first time NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected and examined a galaxy that existed around 600 million years after the big bang, that carries many resemblances to our own Milky Way at a similar stage of its own development.
For more information, visit webb.nasa.gov/.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul Morris: Lead Producer
Thaddeus Cesari: Script
Dr. Jonathan Gardner: Narrator
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Dr. Jonathan Gardner presents the latest JWST images of the “Firefly Sparkle” galaxy, showcasing intricate details and structures.
There is so much going on inside this seemingly tiny galaxy, it appears like a swarm of lightning bugs on a warm summer night, this galaxy is gleaming with star clusters.
This is the very first time NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected and examined a galaxy that existed around 600 million years after the big bang, that carries many resemblances to our own Milky Way at a similar stage of its own development.
For more information, visit webb.nasa.gov/.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul Morris: Lead Producer
Thaddeus Cesari: Script
Dr. Jonathan Gardner: Narrator
Music Credit:
"Explore in Hope" by Timothy James Cornick [PRS] and Matthew Jacob Loveridge [PRS] via BBC Production Music [PRS], and Universal Production Music.
This video can be freely shared and downloaded at svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14699. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, the music and some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on such imagery may be found here: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14699.
For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines/index.html.
Follow NASA's Webb Space Telescope:
· Facebook: facebook.com/NASAWebb
· X: twitter.com/NASAWebb
· Instagram: instagram.com/nasawebb
· Flickr: flickr.com/photos/nasawebbtelescope
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