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The planets of our solar system are full of mysteries. Meet a few of the scientists who are using the James Webb Space Telescope to look at our solar system and beyond.
Watch on NASA+: plus.nasa.gov/video/other-worlds-2
Watch Episode 2 (Europa) on NASA+: plus.nasa.gov/video/other-worlds-europa
Credits:
Director: James Tralie
Producers: Lonnie Shekhtman, James Tralie, Elizabeth Landau
Writers: Lonnie Shekhtman, James Tralie, Elizabeth Landau
Editor: James Tralie
On-camera Talent : Heidi Hammel, Stefanie Milam, Naomi Rowe-Gurney, Geronimo Villanueva, John Mather, Conor Nixon, Leigh Fletcher
Animation: Walt Feimer, Michael Lentz, Jonathan North, Adriana Manrique Gutierrez, Krystofer Kim
Videographers: Rob Andreoli, John Philyaw, Mike McClare, Michael Menzel, Jr., Sophia Roberts, Liz Landau
The planets of our solar system are full of mysteries. Meet a few of the scientists who are using the James Webb Space Telescope to look at our solar system and beyond.
Watch on NASA+: plus.nasa.gov/video/other-worlds-2
Watch Episode 2 (Europa) on NASA+: plus.nasa.gov/video/other-worlds-europa
Credits:
Director: James Tralie
Producers: Lonnie Shekhtman, James Tralie, Elizabeth Landau
Writers: Lonnie Shekhtman, James Tralie, Elizabeth Landau
Editor: James Tralie
On-camera Talent : Heidi Hammel, Stefanie Milam, Naomi Rowe-Gurney, Geronimo Villanueva, John Mather, Conor Nixon, Leigh Fletcher
Animation: Walt Feimer, Michael Lentz, Jonathan North, Adriana Manrique Gutierrez, Krystofer Kim
Videographers: Rob Andreoli, John Philyaw, Mike McClare, Michael Menzel, Jr., Sophia Roberts, Liz Landau
![Far and Wide, Part 4: Teamwork
The James Webb and Nancy Grace Roman space telescopes are NASA’s latest flagship astrophysics observatories. One is in space already and the other will join it there soon. These two telescopes look very different, have different objectives, and together will advance our understanding of the universe. This four-part video series explores the differences and synergies of Roman and Webb.
Despite different observational strategies, both telescopes will be stationed in space at the Legrange Point 2, a relatively stable region a million miles away from Earth. From there, both will have an almost unobstructed view of the whole sky and low temperatures to keep their instruments cool.
Roman’s broad and enduring view will mesh perfectly with Webb’s focused gaze. As Roman discovers new wonders throughout the cosmos, Webb can follow up with detailed observations to help astronomers understand them better.
Music: “Light Trails,” Max Cameron Concors [ASCAP], Universal Production Music
Download here: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14891
Music: “Light Trails,” Max Cameron Concors [ASCAP], Universal Production Music
“Relentless Data,” Jay Price [PRS], Universal Production Music
Credits: NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center.
Producer: Scott Wiessinger (eMITS)
Narrator: Barb Mattson (University of Maryland College Park)
Science advisors: Dominic Benford (NASA/HQ), Rob Zellem (NASA/GSFC)
Writer: Scott Wiessinger (eMITS)
Science writers: Ashley Balzer (eMITS), Francis Reddy (University of Maryland College Park), Public affairs officer, Claire Andreoli (NASA/GSFC)
Animators: Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (eMITS), Scott Wiessinger (eMITS), Krystofer Kim (eMITS), Jenny McElligott (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.), Jonathan North (eMITS) Far and Wide, Part 4: Teamwork](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/c9azB1EJreE/mqdefault.jpg)
![Experience the closest thing to standing next to the actual JWST
Joining other historic NASA missions like Apollo, Voyager, and the Discovery Space Shuttle, Webb’s Optical Telescope Element Pathfinder has made its way to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Smithsonian museum for permanent display.
The Pathfinder is the largest intact mirror support structure of its kind, comprised of exotic lightweight materials invented for the purpose of seeing near to the very limits of the observable universe.
This unique piece of hardware served a critical role in ensuring mission success by enabling engineers to build a comprehensive testing program to validate and ensure the most complicated optical system ever built would work flawlessly after launch.
For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/webb
Credit:
Producer / Writer: Thaddeus Cesari
Editor: Paul Morris
Images: NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci
Special Thanks to the Smithsonians National Air and Space Museum
Music Credit:
“History in Motion” by Fred Dubois [SACEM], Koka Media [SACEM], Universal Publishing Production Music France [SACEM], and Universal Production Music.
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![Webb Captures Fiery Star Formation
Dr. Michelle Thaller presents Webb’s stunning view of a young protostar, L1528, just 100,000 years old and cocooned in gas and dust.
Webb reveals the protostar’s hourglass shape, vibrant blue and orange clouds, and spiraling accretion disk—key features of this early stage of star formation.
A true marvel, this protostar offers insights into the origins of stars, unveiling a process billions of years in the making. What secrets will the universe reveal next?
For more information, visit https://webb.nasa.gov/.
Credit: NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul Morris: Lead Producer
Thaddeus Cesari: Script
Dr. Michelle Thaller: Narrator
Visualization: R. Crawford, L. Hustak, A. Pagan (STScI)
Producers: F. Summers, G. Bacon (STScI)
Music Credit:
Looking to the Future by Carl David Harms [IMRO] via BBC Production Music [PRS], and Universal Production Music.
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![Webb Captures New Views Of Star-Forming Region
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has taken two new images of the star-forming region NGC 604, located in the Triangulum galaxy, 2.7 million light-years away from Earth.
Sheltered among these dusty envelopes of gas are more than 200 of the hottest, most massive kinds of stars, all in the early stages of their lives. The largest of these stars can have more than 100 times the mass of our own Sun.
How stars are born and how they interact with their environments are two big questions in astronomy today that are actively being studied with the Webb telescope. In this new image, Webb is showing us parts of the story of star formation that we could never see before, revealing more about the universe and our place in it.
For more information, visit https://webb.nasa.gov/.
Credit: NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul Morris: Lead Producer
Dr. Jane Rigby: Voiceover
Hannah Braun, STScI: Script
Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
Music Credit:
Into Orbit by Laurent Dury [SACEM] via Koka Media [SACEM], Universal Production Music France [SACEM], and Universal Production Music.
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