#UnfoldTheUniverse With NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, Part 1 @NASAWebbTelescope

Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

Ahead of our launch, we asked you to show us what you believe the James Webb Space Telescope will reveal through art. Here are just some of submissions we received for our #UnfoldTheUniverse art challenge! Special thanks to all of our participants.

More details: go.nasa.gov/unfoldtheuniverse
(Note: our campaign has been extended!)

Our gallery of submissions: webb.nasa.gov/content/features/jwstArt/unfoldTheUniverse.html

Host: Kellie Gerardi with Delta V

Artists featured in this video:
Mason Cortez
Sreshta Velamuri
Jon Young
Galina Ivanova
Mashal
Collin Cochran
Thessaly Dunn
Jaden Berkley
Noelle Lui
Siddharth Sajith Nair
Shelina Swastika Kumar
Elena Schwer
Mansi Ashtamkar
Reyansh Sunwar
Jedidiah Dore
Natasha Mahabir-Persad
Sanjeet Patel
Amy Limon
Greta Slocum
Ahmad Jabakenji
Lanchen Mihalic
Amelia Cochran
Redwan Alrayes
Mihaela Stretea and Nadia
Gourilakshmi Nambiar
Gabriel Enache
Anastasia Wittler

Music Credits: Universal Production Music. "Magic Mirror" by Andy Blythe, Marten Joustra.

Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Madison Dean, Lead Producer and Editor

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