Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
We’ve unlocked secrets of the early universe that have been hidden for all of human existence. Look up, explorers. We’re not even close to being done yet.
Video description:
00:00-00:06: The video begins with a slow zoom out showcasing the James Webb Space Telescope mirrors in space. In the mirrors, 5 images flash onto the screen; the Cosmic Cliffs, the Cat’s Paw Nebula, Herbig-Haro 49/50 Stellar Jets, interacting galaxies ARP 142, and the L1527 Dark Cloud Protostar. The image then fades to black.
00:06-00:21: The camera circles around the telescope in space. The mirrors light up the yellow as the camera backs away to showcase the entire telescope.
00:21-00:25: The camera pans left over a 3D concept of the Cosmic Cliffs. The bottom 2/3rds of the screen showcases a red/orange cloud-like structure with small white stars dusting over it. The top 1/3 shows a contrasting dark blue background covered with small white stars.
00:25-00:29: The camera pans to the bottom left while zooming into the 3D Cat’s Paw Nebula. Through the bottom left to the middle of the right side of the screen is a straight dark red cloud-like structure. To the left just off the top of that is a circle of reddish pink with blue gas and dust. The bottom left of the dark red straight structure is a clump of light blue dust. Behind this entire structure is a dark blue background with white stars littered across it. There are also white stars in front of this structure as well.
00:29-00:33: The camera pans to the right of the 3D Herbig-Haro 49/50 Stellar Jets. Covering most of the screen from left to right is a translucent red/orange cloud-like structure. Visible behind this stream of gas is a barred spiral galaxy with a white center, blue middle section, and pink on the outer edges of the circle. Behind both objects is a black sky littered with white specks of stars.
00:33-00:37: The camera pans left and zooms in to the 3D interacting galaxies ARP 142. In the center right section of the image is a shrimp-liked gas structure. The head is near the top of the screen facing the left. The head is a white color cloud-like structure while the body fades to an orange/pink/blue color. To the left of the shrimp structure is a small white circle with pink and blue hues as it fades out.
00:37-00:41: The camera pans left and up into the 3D L1527 Dark Cloud Protostar. It showcases an hourglass-like shape full of gas and dust. The top of the hourglass is a red/orange color, whereas the bottom is a pink/yellow/blue color. It sits on a background of black and a dusting of white stars.
00:41-00:45: The camera zooms into 3D supernova Cassiopeia A. An orange/pink/white gas outline of a circle covers most of the screen in the center. Small, white stars scatter the photo across a black background.
00:45-00:49: The camera zooms in a spiral to showcase another section of the 3D Cat's Paw Nebula. In the center of the photo is a bright white star. Around the star is light blue gas and dust covering the top left to near bottom right part of the screen. On either side of that gas and dust, is brown/red gas. On the outside of that gas on the bottom left is a dark purple gas.
00:49-01:07: The camera zooms through a 3D SMACS 0723. Tiny galaxies of red, white, and blue hues zoom past. The JWST logo appears in the dust of galaxies and grows to cover the middle of the screen. The JWST logo appears, which reads, “Webb Space Telescope,” positioned to the right of an animation of JWST with reflective gold particles floating across the frame. The NASA meatball logo appears as a blue circle with “NASA” written across it, stars that dot the perimeter, and an animation of red and white slashes swoop across the logo.
We’ve unlocked secrets of the early universe that have been hidden for all of human existence. Look up, explorers. We’re not even close to being done yet.
Video description:
00:00-00:06: The video begins with a slow zoom out showcasing the James Webb Space Telescope mirrors in space. In the mirrors, 5 images flash onto the screen; the Cosmic Cliffs, the Cat’s Paw Nebula, Herbig-Haro 49/50 Stellar Jets, interacting galaxies ARP 142, and the L1527 Dark Cloud Protostar. The image then fades to black.
00:06-00:21: The camera circles around the telescope in space. The mirrors light up the yellow as the camera backs away to showcase the entire telescope.
00:21-00:25: The camera pans left over a 3D concept of the Cosmic Cliffs. The bottom 2/3rds of the screen showcases a red/orange cloud-like structure with small white stars dusting over it. The top 1/3 shows a contrasting dark blue background covered with small white stars.
00:25-00:29: The camera pans to the bottom left while zooming into the 3D Cat’s Paw Nebula. Through the bottom left to the middle of the right side of the screen is a straight dark red cloud-like structure. To the left just off the top of that is a circle of reddish pink with blue gas and dust. The bottom left of the dark red straight structure is a clump of light blue dust. Behind this entire structure is a dark blue background with white stars littered across it. There are also white stars in front of this structure as well.
00:29-00:33: The camera pans to the right of the 3D Herbig-Haro 49/50 Stellar Jets. Covering most of the screen from left to right is a translucent red/orange cloud-like structure. Visible behind this stream of gas is a barred spiral galaxy with a white center, blue middle section, and pink on the outer edges of the circle. Behind both objects is a black sky littered with white specks of stars.
00:33-00:37: The camera pans left and zooms in to the 3D interacting galaxies ARP 142. In the center right section of the image is a shrimp-liked gas structure. The head is near the top of the screen facing the left. The head is a white color cloud-like structure while the body fades to an orange/pink/blue color. To the left of the shrimp structure is a small white circle with pink and blue hues as it fades out.
00:37-00:41: The camera pans left and up into the 3D L1527 Dark Cloud Protostar. It showcases an hourglass-like shape full of gas and dust. The top of the hourglass is a red/orange color, whereas the bottom is a pink/yellow/blue color. It sits on a background of black and a dusting of white stars.
00:41-00:45: The camera zooms into 3D supernova Cassiopeia A. An orange/pink/white gas outline of a circle covers most of the screen in the center. Small, white stars scatter the photo across a black background.
00:45-00:49: The camera zooms in a spiral to showcase another section of the 3D Cat's Paw Nebula. In the center of the photo is a bright white star. Around the star is light blue gas and dust covering the top left to near bottom right part of the screen. On either side of that gas and dust, is brown/red gas. On the outside of that gas on the bottom left is a dark purple gas.
00:49-01:07: The camera zooms through a 3D SMACS 0723. Tiny galaxies of red, white, and blue hues zoom past. The JWST logo appears in the dust of galaxies and grows to cover the middle of the screen. The JWST logo appears, which reads, “Webb Space Telescope,” positioned to the right of an animation of JWST with reflective gold particles floating across the frame. The NASA meatball logo appears as a blue circle with “NASA” written across it, stars that dot the perimeter, and an animation of red and white slashes swoop across the logo.
