Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This video was originally posted on some of our social media platforms to celebrate World Art Day in April 2021.
With its iconic honeycomb mirror, the James Webb Space Telescope is an awe-inspiring blend of engineering, science and art.
We'd like to thank everyone who has sent us their #JWSTArt since we first began collecting Webb-inspired artwork in late 2016. (jwst.nasa.gov/content/features/jwstArt/) This video tribute features just a small segment of the hundreds of diverse art submissions we've received: paintings, sculptures, quilts, models and more. Please continue to share your beautiful work with us by tagging your posts with #JWSTArt or emailing us at gsfc-nasawebb@mail.nasa.gov.
When it launches this October, Webb will look back at the first stars and galaxies, transforming our understanding of the universe and our place in it. See our complete art gallery at the link in our bio.
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Artists featured (in order of appearance):
Jedidiah Dore; Erin Barry-Dutro; Susan Lin; Jessica Lee; Joanna Barnum; Anri Demchenko; Ashley Zelinskie; Sue Reno; Genevieve Baillie; Veronica Guzzardi; Robin Wang; Minto Marsh; Celeste Davis; Sonia Murcia; Eric Schultz; Mircea Rebengiuc; John Holleran; Thomas Bowman; Michelle Brosseau; Doug Farmer; Antonio Holguin; Sharrod Johnson; Mark Leatham; Laura Ljungqvist; Daisy Maxey; Connor Nelson; Tina Saramaga; Brandi Smart; Mark Lascelles Thornton; Karen Tompkins; Nikolas Tsakonas; Jim W; Charity Woodrum.
Music credit: "Gateway Identified [Instrumental]." Written and produced by Andrew Michael Britton [PRS], David Stephen Goldsmith [PRS].
This video was originally posted on some of our social media platforms to celebrate World Art Day in April 2021.
With its iconic honeycomb mirror, the James Webb Space Telescope is an awe-inspiring blend of engineering, science and art.
We'd like to thank everyone who has sent us their #JWSTArt since we first began collecting Webb-inspired artwork in late 2016. (jwst.nasa.gov/content/features/jwstArt/) This video tribute features just a small segment of the hundreds of diverse art submissions we've received: paintings, sculptures, quilts, models and more. Please continue to share your beautiful work with us by tagging your posts with #JWSTArt or emailing us at gsfc-nasawebb@mail.nasa.gov.
When it launches this October, Webb will look back at the first stars and galaxies, transforming our understanding of the universe and our place in it. See our complete art gallery at the link in our bio.
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Artists featured (in order of appearance):
Jedidiah Dore; Erin Barry-Dutro; Susan Lin; Jessica Lee; Joanna Barnum; Anri Demchenko; Ashley Zelinskie; Sue Reno; Genevieve Baillie; Veronica Guzzardi; Robin Wang; Minto Marsh; Celeste Davis; Sonia Murcia; Eric Schultz; Mircea Rebengiuc; John Holleran; Thomas Bowman; Michelle Brosseau; Doug Farmer; Antonio Holguin; Sharrod Johnson; Mark Leatham; Laura Ljungqvist; Daisy Maxey; Connor Nelson; Tina Saramaga; Brandi Smart; Mark Lascelles Thornton; Karen Tompkins; Nikolas Tsakonas; Jim W; Charity Woodrum.
Music credit: "Gateway Identified [Instrumental]." Written and produced by Andrew Michael Britton [PRS], David Stephen Goldsmith [PRS].






![NASAs James Webb Space Telescope #UnfoldTheUniverse Art Challenge
NASA’s biggest and most powerful space telescope ever is launching soon! The James Webb Space Telescope, or Webb, will travel a million miles away to reveal the universe as never seen before. It will look at the first stars and galaxies, study distant planets around other stars, solve mysteries in our solar system and discover what we can’t even imagine. Its revolutionary technology will be able to look back in time at 13.5 billion years of our cosmic history.
What do you think we’ll discover when we #UnfoldTheUniverse? Show us what you believe the Webb telescope will reveal by creating art. You can draw, paint, sing, write, dance — the universe is the limit! Share a picture or video of you and your creation with the hashtag #UnfoldTheUniverse for a chance to be featured on NASA’s website, social media channels, and the Webb telescopes historic launch broadcast.
How to Participate
1. Use any art supplies youd like to create art. The art could be a drawing, song, poem, dance or something else! Check out the resources linked below for inspiration.
2. Take a picture of you holding your art, or film a less than one-minute video of you describing or performing your art.
3. Share your photo or video on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram using #UnfoldTheUniverse for a chance to be featured on NASAs website and social media accounts!
4. If your submission catches our eye, we’ll be in touch to obtain permission for it to be considered for our web gallery and other NASA digital products.
Deadline for Submissions: Extended indefinitely!
Important information about entering the challenge here: https://go.nasa.gov/unfoldtheuniverse
Special thanks to Kellie and Delta!
Credits:
Video credit: Kellie Gerardi and NASA
Host: Kellie Gerardi
Co-host/Featured artist: Delta V. Baumruk
Video editing: Kellie Gerardi and Madison Dean
Music: Adventures Ahead, James Frank Hillier [PRS], Sketch Music Limited [PRS], Universal Production Music
Artist participants shown the video (in order): Ella Zhou, Mansi Ashtamkar, John Garvey, Jedidiah Dore, Jaden Berkley, Gabriel Enache NASAs James Webb Space Telescope #UnfoldTheUniverse Art Challenge](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S60vF-hmqnA/mqdefault.jpg)



![NASAs Webb Probes an Extreme Starburst Galaxy
A team of astronomers has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to survey the starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82).
Located 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major, this galaxy is relatively compact in size but hosts a frenzy of star formation activity. For comparison, M82 is sprouting new stars 10 times faster than the Milky Way galaxy.
Using Webb to Inspect the activity in galaxies like these can deepen astronomers’ understanding of the early universe by getting a closer look at the physical conditions that foster the formation of new stars.
Read more: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-probes-an-extreme-starburst-galaxy/
For more information about Webb, visit https://webb.nasa.gov/.
Credit: NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul Morris: Lead Producer
Isabelle Yan: Producer
Dr. Stefanie N Milam: Voiceover
Thaddeus Cesari: Script
Abigail Major, STScI: Script
Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
Music Credit:
A Simpler Time by Oskari Nurminen [ASCAP] via Universal Publishing Prod. Music Nordic [STIM], and Universal Production Music.
Video Credit: NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center
This video can be freely shared and downloaded at https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14561. 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: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14561. For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines/index.html.
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