James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)Experience the first full-color images and data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in a brand new way. A near-infrared image of the Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula, captured by NASA’s Webb Telescope, has been mapped to a symphony of sounds to create a data sonification. This video includes sounds from just the top half of the image, which resembles a dark blue night sky. The gas and dust that are represented in blue hues have been translated to windy, drone-like sounds. All stars are represented by a combination of pitches and processed piano notes, but the brightest stars with longer diffraction spikes also carry crashes and clangs from cymbals.
Sonifications support blind and low-vision listeners first, but are designed to be captivating to anyone who tunes in. This sonification, which scans the image from left to right, was adapted to a video to allow sighted viewers to watch as a vertical line moves across the frame.
Brighter light in the image is louder. The vertical position of light also dictates the frequency of sound. For example, bright light near the top of the image sounds loud and high, but bright light near the bottom is loud and lower pitched.
This sonification does not represent sounds recorded in space. Two musicians mapped the telescope’s data to sound, carefully composing music to accurately represent details the team would like listeners to focus on. In a way, this sonification is like modern dance or an impressionist painting – it converts Webb’s image to a new medium to engage and inspire listeners. Learn more: nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/nasa-webb-s-first-full-color-images-data-are-set-to-sound
Credits: Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI; Accessibility Production: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, and Kimberly Arcand (CXC/SAO), Matt Russo and Andrew Santaguida (SYSTEM Sounds), Quyen Hart (STScI), Claire Blome (STScI), and Christine Malec (consultant).
Webb Telescope Data, Translated to Sound — Cosmic Cliffs: SkyJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-08-31 | Experience the first full-color images and data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in a brand new way. A near-infrared image of the Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula, captured by NASA’s Webb Telescope, has been mapped to a symphony of sounds to create a data sonification. This video includes sounds from just the top half of the image, which resembles a dark blue night sky. The gas and dust that are represented in blue hues have been translated to windy, drone-like sounds. All stars are represented by a combination of pitches and processed piano notes, but the brightest stars with longer diffraction spikes also carry crashes and clangs from cymbals.
Sonifications support blind and low-vision listeners first, but are designed to be captivating to anyone who tunes in. This sonification, which scans the image from left to right, was adapted to a video to allow sighted viewers to watch as a vertical line moves across the frame.
Brighter light in the image is louder. The vertical position of light also dictates the frequency of sound. For example, bright light near the top of the image sounds loud and high, but bright light near the bottom is loud and lower pitched.
This sonification does not represent sounds recorded in space. Two musicians mapped the telescope’s data to sound, carefully composing music to accurately represent details the team would like listeners to focus on. In a way, this sonification is like modern dance or an impressionist painting – it converts Webb’s image to a new medium to engage and inspire listeners. Learn more: nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/nasa-webb-s-first-full-color-images-data-are-set-to-sound
Credits: Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI; Accessibility Production: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, and Kimberly Arcand (CXC/SAO), Matt Russo and Andrew Santaguida (SYSTEM Sounds), Quyen Hart (STScI), Claire Blome (STScI), and Christine Malec (consultant).Video Tour of NGC 346James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2023-01-12 | This video tours areas of NGC 346, one of the most dynamic star-forming regions in nearby galaxies. NGC 346, a star cluster that lies within a nebula, is located 210,000 light years away. It resides within the Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy close to our Milky Way.
New findings from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveal the presence of a much more intricate network of gas and dust structures than previously discovered in the area. Within a plume of gas is cold molecular hydrogen, which provides a perfect environment for young stars to form, some of which can be seen in the image. These young stars generate energy that heats the gas, energizing and splitting the molecular hydrogen. This effectively carves rough ridges into the gas.
Another area at upper right appears to show the head of a dragon, spitting out balls of hot gas. Its “eye” and the balls of gas are areas of active star formation, which will continue to change the environment around it.
The wisps seen in the image at upper right are more evidence of that environmental change. Winds from nearby stars are blowing away material that surrounds still-forming stars, leaving these small structures behind.
Around the arc, we see curly ribbons of glowing gas that outline the cold molecular gas of the region. These many pillars of creation show how pervasive the stellar erosion is in the region.
Eventually, over millions of years, the mixture of energized and dense hydrogen will give way to thousands of stars and far more of these filamentary structures.
Credits
VIDEO: Danielle Kirshenblat (STScI) MUSIC: High Street Music SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, CSA, Olivia C. Jones (UK ATC), Guido De Marchi (ESTEC), Margaret Meixner (USRA) IMAGE PROCESSING: Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Nolan Habel (USRA), Laura Lenkić (USRA), Laurie E. U. Chu (NASA Ames)Happy Birthday Webb!James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-12-19 | What a year it has been for Webb! It feels like just yesterday we were getting ready to launch, and now Webb has hit the ground running in its mission to #UnfoldTheUniverse. Break out your box of tissues and relive the magic with us. Happy Birthday, Webb!
Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Producer Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Technical Support Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Editor Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Videographer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Videographer Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Videographer Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle): Lead Animator Robert Navias (NASA): Launch CommentatorTour the Webb Telescope’s Pillars of CreationJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-10-19 | This video tours areas of Webb’s near-infrared light view of the Pillars of Creation. This area is brimming with gas and dust – which are essential ingredients for star formation. Glowing, bright red wavy lines appear at the edges of some pillars, revealing where stars are ejecting material as they form. The bright red orbs are newly formed stars that have burst into view.
Distant galaxies typically make appearances in Webb’s images, but not this one. A translucent layer of gas and dust is drawn like a curtain, allowing the stars to take centerstage. Webb’s near-infrared image will help researchers update their models of star formation. Over time, we’ll learn how stars form and burst out of these dusty clouds over millions of years.
Read more about Webb's near-infrared image of the Pillars of Creation: go.nasa.gov/3EPPiXW
Credits: Video: Danielle Kirshenblat (STScI) Music: Soundstripe Productions Science: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI)Webb Telescope Data, Translated to Sound — Cosmic Cliffs: StarsJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-08-31 | Experience the first full-color images and data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in a brand new way. A near-infrared image of the Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula, captured by NASA’s Webb Telescope, has been mapped to a symphony of sounds to create a data sonification. This video plays only the notes that represent stars in the image. All stars are represented by a combination of pitches and processed piano notes, but the brightest stars with longer diffraction spikes also carry crashes and clangs from cymbals.
Sonifications support blind and low-vision listeners first, but are designed to be captivating to anyone who tunes in. This sonification, which scans the image from left to right, was adapted to a video to allow sighted viewers to watch as a vertical line moves across the frame.
Brighter light in the image is louder. The vertical position of light also dictates the frequency of sound. For example, bright light near the top of the image sounds loud and high, but bright light near the bottom is loud and lower pitched.
This sonification does not represent sounds recorded in space. Two musicians mapped the telescope’s data to sound, carefully composing music to accurately represent details the team would like listeners to focus on. In a way, this sonification is like modern dance or an impressionist painting – it converts Webb’s image to a new medium to engage and inspire listeners. Learn more: nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/nasa-webb-s-first-full-color-images-data-are-set-to-sound
Credits: Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI; Accessibility Production: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, and Kimberly Arcand (CXC/SAO), Matt Russo and Andrew Santaguida (SYSTEM Sounds), Quyen Hart (STScI), Claire Blome (STScI), and Christine Malec (consultant).Webb Telescope Data, Translated to Sound — Southern Ring NebulaJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-08-31 | Experience the first full-color images and data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in a brand new way. In this video, each of Webb's two views of the Southern Ring Nebula — in near-infrared light (at left) and mid-infrared light (at right) — has been adapted to sound.
Sonifications support blind and low-vision listeners first, but are designed to be captivating to anyone who tunes in. This sonification, which scans the images from left to right, was adapted to a video to allow sighted viewers to watch as a vertical line moves across the frame.
Two stars orbit one another at the center of this planetary nebula. The smaller, fainter red star in the mid-infrared image at right is at the end of its lifetime. It has puffed off layers of gas and dust for thousands of years. Its companion, the brighter, larger star in both images, has stirred up those ejections. Now, listeners can hear the stars and surrounding shells of material in each image clearly.
The colors in the images were mapped to pitches of sound, with frequencies of light converted directly to frequencies of sound. Near-infrared light is represented by a higher range of frequencies at the beginning of the track. Mid-way through, the notes change, becoming lower overall to reflect that mid-infrared includes longer wavelengths of light.
Listen carefully at 15 seconds and 44 seconds. These notes align with the centers of the near- and mid-infrared images, where the stars at the center of the “action” appear. In the near-infrared image that begins the track, only one star is heard clearly, with a louder clang. In the second half of the track, listeners will hear a low note just before a higher note, which denotes that two stars were detected in mid-infrared light. The lower note represents the redder star that created this nebula, and the second is the star that appears brighter and larger.
This sonification does not represent sounds recorded in space. Two musicians mapped the telescope’s data to sound, carefully composing music that represents near- and mid-infrared light, specifically to hear their contrasts. In a way, this sonification is like modern dance or an abstract painting – it converts two of Webb’s images into a new medium to engage and inspire listeners. Learn more: nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/nasa-webb-s-first-full-color-images-data-are-set-to-sound
Listen to Webb's near-infrared and mid-infrared images of the Southern Ring Nebula individually: 1. Near-infrared: youtu.be/k7zNJsf3z7w 2. Mid-infrared: youtu.be/ui0Rpvi1axs
Credits: Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI; Accessibility Production: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, and Kimberly Arcand (CXC/SAO), Matt Russo and Andrew Santaguida (SYSTEM Sounds), Quyen Hart (STScI), Claire Blome (STScI), and Christine Malec (consultant).Webb Telescope Data, Translated to Sound — Cosmic Cliffs: MountainsJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-08-31 | Experience the first full-color images and data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in a brand new way. A near-infrared image of the Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula, captured by NASA’s Webb Telescope, has been mapped to a symphony of sounds to create a data sonification.
This video only includes sounds from the bottom half of the image, which resembles a mountain range in ruddy shades of orange and red. This half of the image has a meandering melodic line to follow the shape of that “mountain range” as it rises and falls in the image, through the center of the frame, from left to right. The jagged line between denser and thinner areas of gas and dust is the arc of the sonification’s melody. Dimmer, dust-obscured areas that appear lower in the image are represented by lower frequencies and clearer, undistorted notes. All stars are represented by a combination of pitches and processed piano notes, but the brightest stars with longer diffraction spikes also carry crashes and clangs from cymbals.
Sonifications support blind and low-vision listeners first, but are designed to be captivating to anyone who tunes in. This sonification, which scans the image from left to right, was adapted to a video to allow sighted viewers to watch as a vertical line moves across the frame.
Brighter light in the image is louder. The vertical position of light also dictates the frequency of sound. For example, bright light near the top of the image sounds loud and high, but bright light near the bottom is loud and lower pitched.
This sonification does not represent sounds recorded in space. Two musicians mapped the telescope’s data to sound, carefully composing music to accurately represent details the team would like listeners to focus on. In a way, this sonification is like modern dance or an impressionist painting – it converts Webb’s image to a new medium to engage and inspire listeners. Learn more: nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/nasa-webb-s-first-full-color-images-data-are-set-to-sound
Credits: Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI; Accessibility Production: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, and Kimberly Arcand (CXC/SAO), Matt Russo and Andrew Santaguida (SYSTEM Sounds), Quyen Hart (STScI), Claire Blome (STScI), and Christine Malec (consultant).Webb Telescope Data, Translated to Sound — Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina NebulaJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-08-31 | Experience the first full-color images and data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in a brand new way. This data sonification maps a near-infrared image of the Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula, captured by NASA’s Webb Telescope, to a symphony of sounds. Musicians assigned unique notes to the semi-transparent, gauzy regions and very dense areas of gas and dust in the nebula, culminating in a buzzing soundscape.
Sonifications support blind and low-vision listeners first, but are designed to be captivating to anyone who tunes in. This sonification, which scans the image from left to right, was adapted to a video to allow sighted viewers to watch as a vertical line moves across the frame.
The soundtrack is vibrant and full, representing the detail in this gigantic, gaseous cavity that has the appearance of a mountain range. The Carina Nebula is a large cloud of gas and dust where stars are forming or have already formed.
The gas and dust in the top half of the image are represented in blue hues and windy, drone-like sounds. The bottom half of the image, represented in ruddy shades of orange and red, has a clearer, more melodic composition.
Brighter light in the image is louder. The vertical position of light also dictates the frequency of sound. For example, bright light near the top of the image sounds loud and high, but bright light near the middle is loud and lower pitched. Dimmer, dust-obscured areas that appear lower in the image are represented by lower frequencies and clearer, undistorted notes.
This sonification does not represent sounds recorded in space. Two musicians mapped the telescope’s data to sound, carefully composing music to accurately represent details the team would like listeners to focus on. In a way, this sonification is like modern dance or an impressionist painting – it converts Webb’s image to a new medium to engage and inspire listeners. Learn more: nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/nasa-webb-s-first-full-color-images-data-are-set-to-sound
Credits: Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI; Accessibility Production: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, and Kimberly Arcand (CXC/SAO), Matt Russo and Andrew Santaguida (SYSTEM Sounds), Quyen Hart (STScI), Claire Blome (STScI), and Christine Malec (consultant).Webb Telescope Data, Translated to Sound — Southern Ring Nebula: Near-InfraredJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-08-31 | Experience the first full-color images and data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in a brand new way. NASA’s Webb Telescope uncovered two views of the Southern Ring Nebula, one in near-infrared light and one in mid-infrared light. The colors in the images were mapped to pitches of sound — frequencies of light converted directly to frequencies of sound — in a data sonification.
This video only includes sounds from the near-infrared view. Near-infrared light is represented here by a higher range of frequencies than mid-infrared light. There are two stars in the center of this planetary nebula. In the near-infrared, only one star is heard clearly, with a louder clang.
Sonifications support blind and low-vision listeners first, but are designed to be captivating to anyone who tunes in. This sonification, which scans the images from left to right, was adapted to a video to allow sighted viewers to watch as a vertical line moves across the frame.
The sonification does not represent sounds recorded in space. Two musicians mapped the telescope’s data to sound, carefully composing music that represents near- and mid-infrared light, specifically to hear their contrasts. In a way, this sonification is like modern dance or an abstract painting – it converts two of Webb’s images into a new medium to engage and inspire listeners. Learn more: nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/nasa-webb-s-first-full-color-images-data-are-set-to-sound
Credits: Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI; Accessibility Production: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, and Kimberly Arcand (CXC/SAO), Matt Russo and Andrew Santaguida (SYSTEM Sounds), Quyen Hart (STScI), Claire Blome (STScI), and Christine Malec (consultant).Webb Telescope Data, Translated to Sound — Southern Ring Nebula: Mid-InfraredJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-08-31 | Experience the first full-color images and data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in a brand new way. NASA’s Webb Telescope uncovered two views of the Southern Ring Nebula, one in near-infrared light and one in mid-infrared light. The colors in the images were mapped to pitches of sound — frequencies of light converted directly to frequencies of sound — in a data sonification.
This video only includes sounds from the mid-infrared view. Mid-infrared light is represented by lower notes overall to reflect that mid-infrared includes longer wavelengths of light. There are two stars in the center of this planetary nebula. Listeners will hear a low note just before a higher note, which denotes that two stars were detected in mid-infrared light. The lower note represents the redder star that created this nebula, and the second is the star that appears brighter and larger.
Sonifications support blind and low-vision listeners first, but are designed to be captivating to anyone who tunes in. This sonification, which scans the images from left to right, was adapted to a video to allow sighted viewers to watch as a vertical line moves across the frame.
The sonification does not represent sounds recorded in space. Two musicians mapped the telescope’s data to sound, carefully composing music that represents near- and mid-infrared light, specifically to hear their contrasts. In a way, this sonification is like modern dance or an abstract painting – it converts two of Webb’s images into a new medium to engage and inspire listeners. Learn more: nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/nasa-webb-s-first-full-color-images-data-are-set-to-sound
Also listen to these versions of the Southern Ring Nebula sonification: 1. Near-infrared Image: youtu.be/k7zNJsf3z7w 2. Side-by-Side Image: youtu.be/La9DB-bcy5Y
Credits: Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI; Accessibility Production: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, and Kimberly Arcand (CXC/SAO), Matt Russo and Andrew Santaguida (SYSTEM Sounds), Quyen Hart (STScI), Claire Blome (STScI), and Christine Malec (consultant).Webb Telescope Data, Translated to Sound — Exoplanet WASP-96 bJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-08-31 | Experience the first full-color images and data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in a brand new way. Webb observed the atmospheric characteristics of the hot gas giant exoplanet WASP-96 b — which contains clear signatures of water — and the resulting transmission spectrum’s individual data points were translated into sound.
Data sonifications support blind and low-vision listeners first, but are designed to be captivating to anyone who tunes in. This sonification, which scans the spectrum from left to right, was adapted to a video to allow sighted viewers to watch the progression as the vertical line moves across the graph, ringing out a musical note for each data point. From bottom to top, the y-axis ranges from less to more light blocked. The x-axis represents wavelength of light, and ranges from 0.6 microns on the left to 2.8 microns on the right. The pitches of each data point correspond to the frequencies of light each point represents. Longer wavelengths of light have lower frequencies and are heard as lower pitches. The volume also indicates the amount of light detected in each data point.
The four water signatures are represented by the sound of water droplets falling. These sounds simplify the data – water is detected as a signature that has multiple data points. The sounds align only to the highest points in the data.
Credits: Image: Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI; Accessibility Production: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, and Kimberly Arcand (CXC/SAO), Matt Russo and Andrew Santaguida (SYSTEM Sounds), Quyen Hart (STScI), Claire Blome (STScI), and Christine Malec (consultant).#UnfoldTheUniverse With NASAs James Webb Space Telescope, Part 5James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-08-12 | 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.
Thanks to intern Kate Jolly for this video!
Artists featured in this video: Carlos Moreno Tent Claire Lamman Akerra Nicholson Shriya Katta Claire Lamman Amber Owen and The Montessori Schoolhouse in Springfield, IL students. Amy Rae Hill Stefan Vogels Stefan Vogels (Studio DIES) Erin Barry-Dutro Marc Gottlieb Paolo Bettini Roly Rolerson Pawani Rajapaksha S . Shanmathi Reyansh Sunwar Juee Naik NASA GSFC/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez Navneet Nair Carlos Galeano Cat Kati Falcon Anusha Ivaturi Violetta Moonlight Aahan Singh Daniela Fino Priyanka Singh Molly Chakraborty
Poem by Phooi Jing Poem read by Kate Jolly
Trillions of stars beaming far, The universe breathes pristine air , Nebulae shields the heaven's breath, To thousands light years away where secrets stay. The Big Bang nurtures the first gallon of fluid, Turns it into series of beauty, The goddess of beauty we live in, Maps of dark matter and energy awaiting to be seen. Old man Hubble has the the glory, Charted on the milestone gleaming, The successor Webb has now ready, To be the heir of this obligated journey. Stars, planets, humans, ants, We all are made of the same universe grains, The symbol of evolution ---- James Webb, We ride to explore another blue light, In the name of revolution that births a fruit bright, We venture into stardust on another flight.
Music Credits: Universal Production Music. "Scaling Mountains," Christopher Lewis [ PRS ] and Daniel Marantz [ PRS ], Sound Pocket Music [ PRS ]
Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Kate Jolly, Lead Producer and Editor#UnfoldTheUniverse With NASAs James Webb Space Telescope, Part 4James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-08-12 | 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.
Thanks to intern Taylor Hart for this video!
Artists featured in this video: (in order of appearance):
Pat Durning Sanyukta Nishikant Nibandhe Mark Shultes Shelina Swastika Kumar Căluz Luca Marc Gottlieb Dolores Watson Daniela Fino Juee Naik Janset Aydogdu Lanchen Mihalic Galina Ivanova Alice Hanslay Ella Zhou Greta Slocum Michael Duncan Sreshta Velamuri Charity Woodrum Lizzeth Ruiz Arroyo Alice Hanslay Jedidiah Dore Erfan Habibpour Pierre Vuaillet Mahmood Nabipoor Katherine Bjelke David Law and Nora Luetzgendorf Ava Strancke Anri Demchenko Marina Muscan
Poem by Pat Durning Poem read by Taylor Hart
Eternal Eye Cold. Silent. Alone in the Dark sits Our Hope of Discovery Our Fear of not Knowing * Calculated, slow Assembly; one piece resting upon another By the group that builds: …while paying the mortgage …taking the kid to school …caring for a dying parent …living, Loving One moment upon the next, dusk till dawn Work for an eternal glimpse motoring on * Test and Twist Push and Pull for the unknown journey ahead While safe in the gravity of our planets’ Earthen beds * A collective of insights: …minds for science …builders …movers …testers …those that oversee Grouped together for a moment in time to Test and Twist, Push and Pull * Cold Silence Traveling in the dark Further away gliding, until commanded to stop * Galaxies seen! Unknowing becomes clear Cold, silent Space Our Eternal Eye rests Here
Music Credits: Universal Production Music. "Luminous," Magnum Opus [ ASCAP ], Chalk Music [ PRS ]
Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Taylor Hart, Lead Producer and EditorNASAs James Webb Space Telescope First Images Expert PanelJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-07-14 | Welcome to this special expert panel featuring James Webb Space Telescope scientists as they explain and breakdown the first five images from the James Webb Space Telescope. Featured speakers:
- Dr. Knicole Colón – Astrophysicist, Deputy Project Scientist for Exoplanet Science, Webb Space Telescope
- Dr. David Law – Associate Astronomer, Space Telescope Science Institute
- Dr. Stefanie Milam – Planetary Scientist and Deputy Project Scientist for Planetary Science, Webb Space Telescope
- Dr. Klaus Pontoppidan – Associate Astronomer and JWST Project Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute
Moderated by Dr. Quyen Hart – Senior Outreach Scientist and Webb Science Communications Lead, Space Telescope Science Institute
Sign Language Interpreter: Nicolette VelasquezPeter Cullen and the Webb Telescope: One Transformer meets anotherJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-07-08 | One “Transformer” meets another!
Enjoy this short trailer for our upcoming broadcast of Webb’s first full-color images and data on July 12! Peter Cullen, voice of Optimus Prime from TRANSFORMERS, says hello to the James Webb Space Telescope — which unfolded like a “Transformer” in space!
Special thanks to Peter Cullen!
Credit: NASA Goddard Lead Producer: Michael McClare
Listen to Carl Sagan narrate the trailer for our upcoming broadcast of the James Webb Space Telescope’s first full-color images and data. Watch each of the images get revealed one by one on the broadcast, starting at 10:30 am ET (14:30 UTC) on July 12, 2022. Catch the show on any of NASA’s streaming platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Twitch and DailyMotion.
Images will also be made available on all of our social media platforms, including @ nasawebb on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook. You can also check out nasa.gov/webbfirstimages!
Produced by Lindeman & Associates Voice of Carl Sagan courtesy of Druyan-Sagan Associates, Inc., used with permission Imagery courtesy of NASA and ESA, with Druyan-Sagan Associates, Inc., used with permission
Music Credit / License: "Starfall" Really Slow Motion LLCWebb: Revealing the First GalaxiesJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-06-22 | Take a trip through time and space to the early universe with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. How will Webb reveal the never-before-seen first galaxies? What are astronomers looking for? Discover the answers to these questions and more with this video.
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, Danielle Kirshenblat (STScI)
Designers: Greg Bacon, Leah Hustak, Joe Olmsted, Dani Player Scientists: Quyen Hart, Dan Coe Writer: Leah Ramsay Educator: Holly Ryer
All images, illustrations and videos courtesy of NASA and STScI except: First Galaxies Formation Animation: Courtesy of The SPHINX collaboration Footage & Music: Courtesy of Pond 5, Premium Beat, Soundstripe Narration: Courtesy of Bunny Studio#UnfoldTheUniverse With NASAs James Webb Space Telescope, Part 3James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-06-06 | 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.
We are continuing to extend our challenge! With our first images coming July 12, 2022, we want to see how they inspired you! Keep sending in your art!
Vincent Garcia AJ Wagner Alice Hanslay Paolo Bettini S Shanmathi Kati Falcon Austin Voges Anusha Ivaturi Barbara Fee Sheehan Cat (YouTube: Fish Cat) Ashley Zelenskie Aahan Singh Thy Quỳnh Harshita Mathur Jack LeBlanc Jon Young Michael Duncan CJ Zahara Daniela Fino Alissa Ahmed Vicki Chase, Canterbury Soapworks Lizzeth Ruiz Arroyo Mary McIntyre Aviral Varma Amber Owen, Montessori Schoolhouse Edwin Vasquez Melanie Joy Mezzancello Eleanor Pomerantz Ayaana Vipin Kunimal Mark Shultes Grayson Shaw Nhi Tran Lissa Buzzelli Violetta Moonlight Erin Barry-Dutro Ahmed Jaidane Noor Alain Mansour Luke Alaa Hannah Grace F. Ernia Daniel Schumacher Zeinab Zare Ben Canfield André Mejia Sanyukta Nishikant Nibandhe Damien Kidlat Cabanado Rebecca Sherer Naalaa Dolores Watson Hanna Mernar Diego and Evan Elias
Music Credits: Universal Production Music. "Magic Mirror" by Andy Blythe, Marten Joustra.
Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Miranda Chabot, Lead Producer and EditorWebb Instrument OverviewJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-05-23 | An overview of the instruments onboard the Webb Telescope: the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec), Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), and the Fine Guidance Sensor/Near-Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph. Learn how each instrument will help Webb unfold the universe.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Producer Michael Starobin (KBRwyle): Producer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Producer Jonathan North (KBRwyle): Animator Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle): Animator Chris Meaney (KBRwyle): Animator Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Videographer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Editor Rich Melnick (KBRwyle): Editor Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Host Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Narrator
Download this video at: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14136The Webb Telescope Completes Alignment PhaseJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-04-28 | It is official, alignment of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is now complete. The alignment of the telescope across all of Webb’s instruments can be seen in a series of images that captures the observatory’s full field of view.
Featured in this video are engineering images demonstrating the sharp focus of each instrument. For this test, Webb pointed at part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, providing a dense field of hundreds of thousands of stars across all the observatory’s sensors. The sizes and positions of the images shown depict the relative arrangement of each of Webb’s instruments in the telescope’s focal plane, each pointing at a slightly offset part of the sky relative to one another. Webb’s three imaging instruments are NIRCam (images shown here at a wavelength of 2 microns), NIRISS (image shown here at 1.5 microns), and MIRI (shown at 7.7 microns, a longer wavelength revealing emission from interstellar clouds as well as starlight). NIRSpec is a spectrograph rather than imager but can take images, such as the 1.1 micron image shown here, for calibrations and target acquisition. The dark regions visible in parts of the NIRSpec data are due to structures of its microshutter array, which has several hundred thousand controllable shutters that can be opened or shut to select which light is sent into the spectrograph. Lastly, Webb’s Fine Guidance Sensor tracks guide stars to point the observatory accurately and precisely; its two sensors are not generally used for scientific imaging but can take calibration images such as those shown here. This image data is used not just to assess image sharpness but also to precisely measure and calibrate subtle image distortions and alignments between the instrument sensors as part of Webb’s overall instrument calibration process.
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Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Producer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Editor Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Videographer Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Videographer Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle): Animator Please give credit for this item to: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Short URL to share this page: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14150James Webb Space Telescope Mirror Alignment Update - March 16, 2022James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-03-21 | James Webb Space Telescope Mirror Alignment Update briefing at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt Maryland on March 16, 2022.
Guests: -Karen Fox, Host; -Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters; -Lee Feinberg, Webb Optical Telescope Element Manager, NASA Goddard; -Erin Wolf, Webb Program Manager, Ball Aerospace in Broomfield, Colorado; -Marshall Perrin, Webb Deputy Telescope Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore; -Jane Rigby, Webb Operations Project Scientist, NASA Goddard.
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Secondary Creator Credit: Michael Starobin Location: Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD Photographer: Mike McClareNASA’s Webb Reaches Alignment Milestone, Optics Working SuccessfullyJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-03-16 | Following the completion of critical mirror alignment steps, the James Webb Space Telescope team has great confidence that the observatory’s optical performance will meet or exceed the science goals it was built to achieve.
On March 11, the Webb team completed the stage of alignment known as “fine phasing” – and at this key stage in the commissioning of Webb’s Optical Telescope Element, every optical parameter that has been checked and tested is performing at, or above, expectations. The team found no critical issues and no measurable contamination or blockages to Webb’s optical path. The observatory is able to successfully gather light from distant objects and deliver it to its instruments without issue.
Although there are months to go before Webb ultimately delivers its new view of the cosmos, achieving this milestone means the team is confident that Webb’s first-of-its-kind optical system is working as well as possible.
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Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Technical Support Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle): Animator Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Producer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Videographer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Video Editor Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): VideographerPhotons Received: Webb Sees Its First Star – 18 TimesJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-02-11 | The James Webb Space Telescope is nearing completion of the first phase of the months-long process of aligning the observatory’s primary mirror using the Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) instrument.
The team's challenge was twofold: confirm that NIRCam was ready to collect light from celestial objects, and then identify starlight from the same star in each of the 18 primary mirror segments. The result is an image mosaic of 18 randomly organized dots of starlight, the product of Webb's unaligned mirror segments all reflecting light from the same star back at Webb's secondary mirror and into NIRCam's detectors.
What looks like a simple image of blurry starlight now becomes the foundation to align and focus the telescope in order for Webb to deliver unprecedented views of the universe this summer. Over the next month or so, the team will gradually adjust the mirror segments until the 18 images become a single star.
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Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Producer Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle): Lead Animator Jonathan North (KBRwyle): Animator Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Writer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Videographer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Editor Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Motion Graphics
Download this video: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14100The Webb Telescopes OpticsJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-02-04 | The most prominent and beautiful part of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is its gold primary mirror with its smaller, secondary mirror suspended out in front. Learn more about the Webb Telescope's optics system (and how it will be commissioned) in this short social media video.
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Michael Starobin (KBRwyle): Lead Producer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Producer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Videographer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Video Editor Rich Melnick (KBRwyle): Video Editor Jonathan North (KBRwyle): Animator Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle): Animator Chris Meaney (KBRwyle): Animator Walt Feimer (KBRwyle): Animator Krystofer Kim (KBRwyle): Animator Michael Lentz (KBRwyle): Animator Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Technical Support
Download this video at: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14072The James Webb Space Telescope at L2James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-01-31 | After launch, the James Webb Space Telescope traveled to its orbital destination. Webb will perform its science mission while orbiting a location in space, called the second Lagrange point, or L2 for short. L2 is located one million miles from Earth.
As Webb orbits L2, the telescope stays in line with Earth as it travels around the Sun. L2 is a point where the gravitational influences of the Earth and Sun balance the centripetal force of a small object orbiting with them.
The telescope's optics and instruments need to be kept very cold to be able to observe the very faint infrared signals of very distant objects clearly. This location is perfect for Webb's sunshield to block out light and heat from the Sun, Earth, and Moon. Unlike the Hubble Space Telescope, Webb's orbit keeps the spacecraft out of the Earth's shadow making L2 a thermally stable location for the observatory to operate at.
Webb will operate within its field of regard. The "field of regard" refers to the angles the telescope can move while staying in the shadow of the Sun. Each of Webb's instruments has its own field of view. The field of view is the area of sky an instrument can observe. Webb's fine steering mirror is moved so that an object can be observed by the different instruments. This prevents the whole telescope from having to repoint itself to do so.
The Webb Telescope’s commissioning process will be complete approximately six months after launch, at which time Webb start its science mission. Helping to uncover more of the mysteries of our Universe.
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(Republished with small voiceover correction regarding the fine steering mirrors.)Elements of Webb: Elements Seeking Elements, Ep12James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-01-26 | This is the "Elements of Webb" series finale. Webb uses a variety of unique and run-of-the mill elements in its build. It is also designed to detect the elemental makeup of distant objects. Learn how Webb uses spectroscopy to investigate new worlds.
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Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Producer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Writer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Editor Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Videographer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Editor Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Videographer Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Production Assistant Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Lead Technical Support Duncan Wiles: Videographer Walt Feimer (KBRwyle): Lead Animator Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle): Animator Bailee DesRocher (USRA): Animator Jacquelyn DeMink (USRA): Animator Krystofer Kim (KBRwyle): Animator Jonathan North (KBRwyle): Animator Michael Lentz (KBRwyle): Animator
Download this video: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14014Elements of Webb: Super Black, Ep11James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-01-19 | Black objects absorb heat. But Webb’s radiator, designed to keep the science instruments cold, is black. Why? Find out on this episode of Elements of Webb.
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Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Producer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Writer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Editor Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Videographer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Videographer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Editor Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Production Assistant Duncan Wiles: Videographer Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Lead Technical Support Walt Feimer (KBRwyle): Lead Animator Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle): Animator Bailee DesRocher (USRA): Animator Jacquelyn DeMink (USRA): Animator Krystofer Kim (KBRwyle): Animator Jonathan North (KBRwyle): Animator Michael Lentz (KBRwyle): Animator
Download this video: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14013Elements of Webb: Salt, Ep10James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-01-12 | The Webb Telescope is full of precise optical components, some of which include lenses made out of salt. Why? Find out why our infrared telescope requires this unexpected lens in this episode of Elements of Webb.
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Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Producer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Writer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Editor Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Videographer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Editor Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Videographer Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Production Assistant Duncan Wiles: Videographer Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Technical Support Walt Feimer (KBRwyle): Lead Animator Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle): Animator Bailee DesRocher (USRA): Animator Jacquelyn DeMink (USRA): Animator Krystofer Kim (KBRwyle): Animator Jonathan North (KBRwyle): Animator Michael Lentz (KBRwyle): Animator
Download this video: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14012The James Webb Space Telescope is Fully Unfolded in Space!James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-01-11 | Two weeks after launch, the James Webb Space Telescope completed the last of its 50 major deployments in space. Relive the historic moment Webb unfolded its primary mirror in space – a major milestone — from mission control at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Haley Reed: Lead Producer, Lead Editor Michael McClare: Producer Katy Mersmann: Producer Sophia Roberts: Producer Michael Starobin: Producer
Music credit: "Victory and Power" by Le Fat Club and Olivier Grim [SACEM] by Universal Music ProductionElements of Webb: Why Does Webb Use Helium?, Ep 09James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2022-01-05 | Helium is the element with the lowest boiling point. Find out how the James Webb Space Telescope uses this special element to stay cool in the latest episode of Elements of Webb.
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Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Producer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Writer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Editor Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Videographer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Editor Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Videographer Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Videographer Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Production Assistant Duncan Wiles: Videographer Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Lead Technical Support Walt Feimer (KBRwyle): Lead Animator Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle): Animator Bailee DesRocher (USRA): Animator Jacquelyn DeMink (USRA): Animator Krystofer Kim (KBRwyle): Animator Jonathan North (KBRwyle): Animator Michael Lentz (KBRwyle): Animator
Download this video: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14011The Webb Telescope Journey to Space, Episode 6James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2021-12-31 | The final chapter of the Webb journey to space. The Webb Telescope was first moved into the Ariane 5 rocket faring at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. The rocket with Webb now inside of it was then moved to the launch pad. On Christmas morning, the rocket launched into space. Approximately 30 minutes after the rocket made it into space, Webb was separated for the rocket and slowly started its journey to L2.
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Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Producer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Producer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Videographer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Videographer Arianespace/ ESA/CNES: Videographer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Video Editor
Download this video: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14065The Launch of the James Webb Space TelescopeJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2021-12-30 | On December 25, 2021, and 7:20 AM ET (12:20 UTC), the James Webb Space Telescope was launched by an ArianeSpace Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket and launch site were part of the European Space Agency's contribution to the mission.
Video credit: NASAElements of Webb: Silicon, It Works!, Ep08James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2021-12-29 | Silicon is the go-to chip and sensor material for a reason - it works. Learn about the semi-conductor properties that make this element the right choice for the Webb Telescope.
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Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Lead Producer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Writer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Editor Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Videographer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Videographer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Editor Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Videographer Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Production Assistant Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Lead Technical Support Duncan Wiles: Videographer Walt Feimer (KBRwyle): Lead Animator Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle): Animator Bailee DesRocher (USRA): Animator Jacquelyn DeMink (USRA): Animator Krystofer Kim (KBRwyle): Animator Jonathan North (KBRwyle): Animator Michael Lentz (KBRwyle): Animator Please give credit for this item to: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Download this video svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14010#UnfoldTheUniverse with NASAs James Webb Space Telescope, Part 2James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2021-12-27 | Ahead of our launch, we asked you to show us what you believe the James Webb Space Telescope will reveal through art. Here is our second video to showcase some of the submissions we received for our #UnfoldTheUniverse art challenge! Special thanks to all of our participants.
Sue Reno Jedidiah Dore Suzan Alrayes Thalia Patrinos Anna Irene Lewis Felicity Wittler Anastasia Wittler Ella Zhou Mashal Collin Cochran Amelia Cochran Sania Afroz Serge LePage Greta Slocum Olivia Ko Penina Finger
Music Credits: Universal Production Music. "Magic Mirror" by Andy Blythe, Marten Joustra.
Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Madison Dean, Lead Producer and EditorGood Luck, Webb! (#2)James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2021-12-25 | People from around the world are wishing the James Webb Space Telescope good luck! How do you say "good luck" in your language?
In this video:
Swahili: Victoria Kageni-Woodard Webb, I wish you good luck. Webb, nawatakia bahati njema
German/Deutsch: Bernd Gudernatsch Good luck Webb viel Glück, Webb
French/Français: Nathalie Ouliette Good luck, Webb Bonne chance, Webb
Italian/Italiano: Alberto Conti Good luck, James Webb Buona fortuna, James Webb
Finnish/Suomi: Merja Palkivaara Good luck, Webb Onnea, Webb
Chinese/中文: Jianwei Lyu I wish Webb all the best 祝愿伟博一切顺利
Farsi: Neda Behrooz Good luck موفق باشی
Norwegian/Norsk: Kjetil Linnes Good luck on the journey Lykke til på ferdenGood Luck, Webb! (#1)James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2021-12-24 | People from around the world are wishing the James Webb Space Telescope good luck! How do you say "good luck" in your language?
In this video:
Korean/한국어: Moon Kim James Webb Space Telescope, good luck! 제임스웹 우주망원경, 행운을 빕니다
Portuguese/Português: Janine Garner Good luck Boa sorte
Bengali/বাংলা: Lamiya Mowla Webb, many many good wishes Webb, অনেক অনেক শুভেচ্ছা
Dutch/Nederlands: Hans Sligter Good luck, Webb Veel succes, Webb
Arabic: Maryam Esmat Good luck, Webb بالتوفيق, Webb
Japanese/日 本 語: Eiichi Egami Good luck, Webb! 幸運を祈ります、ウェブ
American Sign Language: Apurva Varia Good luck, Webb
Hindi/हिंदी: Hashima Hasan Heartiest congratulations हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं
Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Madison Dean, Lead Producer and EditorEngineering of the James Webb Space TelescopeJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2021-12-24 | How did we come up with the design for @NASAWebb? Join experts as they discuss the engineering behind the James Webb Space Telescope, the world’s largest and most powerful observatory.
Experts discuss how the observatory’s science goals drove its design and preview the complex series of deployments Webb will complete as it unfolds in space. This briefing took place at L-60, or 60 days before launch.
The James Webb Space Telescope, an international partnership with the European and Canadian space agencies, is targeted for launch Dec. 18. It will explore every phase of cosmic history – from within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe, and everything in between. Webb will reveal new and unexpected discoveries, and help humanity understand the origins of the universe and our place in it.
For more information about the Webb mission, visit: webb.nasa.govThe James Webb Space Telescope: 7 Facts from Around the WorldJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2021-12-23 | The James Webb Space Telescope is an international collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency.
In this video, people from around the world read one of these facts in their language.
Credits: American Sign Language/English voice over: Apurva Varia/Justin Baldi Español/Spanish: Begoña Vila 中文/Chinese: Jianwei Lyu Swahili: Mkawasi Mcharo Nederlands/Dutch: Hans Sligter French/Français (Canadien): Nathalie Ouellette हिंदी/Hindi: Hashima Hasan فارسی/ Farsi: Neda Behrooz
Intro: The entire world is looking forward to the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. Let’s hear more from people around the globe about what makes Webb a scientific and technological marvel.
Facts: The James Webb Space Telescope:
-Will be the premier space observatory for astronomers worldwide, extending the tantalizing discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope.
- An international collaboration among NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency.
- The largest telescope ever placed in space; 100 times more powerful than Hubble.
- So big it has to fold origami-style to fit in the rocket and will unfold like a “Transformer” in space.
- Has a 5-layer sunshield that protects the telescope from the infrared radiation of the Sun, Earth, and Moon; like having sun protection of SPF 1 million.
- With unprecedented infrared sensitivity, it will peer back in time over 13.5 billion years to see the first galaxies born after the Big Bang.
- Will orbit the Sun 1.5 million kilometers from the Earth. (Hubble orbits 560 kilometers above the Earth.)
Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Madison Dean, Lead Producer/Editor#UnfoldTheUniverse With NASAs James Webb Space Telescope, Part 1James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2021-12-22 | 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.
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.
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Madison Dean, Lead Producer and EditorElements of Webb:Carbon, Ep 07James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2021-12-22 | Carbon composites are everywhere, including Webb. Let’s see how engineers incorporated the new material to make the Webb Telescope strong and light weight.
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Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Lead Producer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Writer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Editor Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Videographer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Editor Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Videographer Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Videographer Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Production Assistant Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Lead Technical Support Duncan Wiles: Videographer Walt Feimer (KBRwyle): Lead Animator Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle): Animator Bailee DesRocher (USRA): Animator Jacquelyn DeMink (USRA): Animator Krystofer Kim (KBRwyle): Animator Michael Lentz (KBRwyle): Animator
Download video: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14009Elements of Webb: Kapton, Ep06James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2021-12-15 | The Webb Telescope has a tennis court size sunshield made out of a thin material called Kapton. It shields the exposed mirrors and science instruments from the light and heat of the Sun, Earth and moon. How well can a material 1/1,000th of an inch thick work? Find out on this Episode of Elements of Webb.
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Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Lead Producer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Writer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Editor Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Videographer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Videographer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Editor Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Videographer Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Production Assistant Duncan Wiles: Videographer Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Lead Technical Support Walt Feimer (KBRwyle): Lead Animator Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle): Animator Bailee DesRocher (USRA): Animator Jacquelyn DeMink (USRA): Animator Krystofer Kim (KBRwyle): Animator Jonathan North (KBRwyle): Animator Michael Lentz (KBRwyle): Animator
Download this video: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14008The James Webb Space Telescope L-30 Briefings: Science InstrumentsJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2021-12-10 | The L-30 (30 days til Launch) briefings on the James Webb Space Telescope's science instruments.
Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Technical Support Michael Starobin (KBRwyle): Lead Producer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): ProducerThe James Webb Space Telescope L-30 Briefings: Science GoalsJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2021-12-09 | The L-30 (30 days til Launch) briefings on the James Webb Space Telescope's science goals.
Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Technical Support Michael Starobin (KBRwyle): Lead Producer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): ProducerElements of Webb: Beryllium Part 3, Ep 05James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2021-12-08 | Where does beryllium really come from? To explain beryllium's rare beginnings, we have to talk about the cosmic origins of most elements.
Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Producer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Writer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Editor Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Videographer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Videographer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Editor Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Videographer Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Production Assistant Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Lead Technical Support Walt Feimer (KBRwyle): Lead Animator Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle): Animator Bailee DesRocher (USRA): Animator Jacquelyn DeMink (USRA): Animator Krystofer Kim (KBRwyle): Animator Jonathan North (KBRwyle): Animator Duncan Wiles: Videographer Greg Gregory: Subject Expert
This video shows preparation for fueling. Now that fueling is complete, the Webb Telescope's next step is moving to the vehicle assembly building, where it will be placed atop the Ariane 5 rocket. The Webb Telescope journey to space continues…
Music Credit: Question Time by Paul Reeves - Universal Production Music
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Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Producer Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Technical Support Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Editor Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Videographer Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Videographer
Download this video: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14021Elements of Webb: Beryllium Part 2, Ep 04James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2021-12-01 | Utah is home to many valuable materials – copper, magnesium, uranium, gold and silver. But most of the world’s beryllium is mined here. And engineers chose beryllium for Webb’s mirrors because it is lightweight, it is strong and it is dimensionally stable.
Learn more about where the beryllium for Webb's mirrors originated in this episode of Elements.
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Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Lead Producer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Writer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Editor Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Videographer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Editor Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Videographer Scott Rogers: Lead Drone Operator Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Videographer Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Production Assistant Walt Feimer (KBRwyle): Lead Animator Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle): Animator Bailee DesRocher (USRA): Animator Jacquelyn DeMink (USRA): Animator Krystofer Kim (KBRwyle): Animator Jonathan North (KBRwyle): Animator Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Lead Technical Support Greg Gregory: Subject Expert Please give credit for this item to: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Download this video: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14006Elements of Webb: Beryllium Part 1, Ep03James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2021-11-24 | Have you heard of beryllium? It’s a rare lightweight metal used as the primary material on the Webb Telescope. This episode explores the reason this expensive metal is perfect for Webb. Special thanks to LA Gauge for hosting the media team.
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The Webb’s Telescope’s dazzling mirrors have a microscopic layer of gold and it isn’t for aesthetic reasons. Different wavelengths of light are best reflected with certain metals. Reflect on these materials along with host Sophia Roberts to learn why these mirrors are so well suited for infrared observation. #UnfoldTheUniverse
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Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Lead Producer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Writer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Editor Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Videographer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Videographer Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Editor Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Videographer Rob Andreoli (AIMM): Videographer Walt Feimer (KBRwyle): Lead Animator Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle): Animator Michael Lentz (KBRwyle): Animator Bailee DesRocher (USRA): Animator Jacquelyn DeMink (USRA): Animator Jonathan North (KBRwyle): Animator Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Lead Technical Support Duncan Wiles: Videographer Bill Schuster: Subject Expert
Download this video: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14004James Webb Space Telescope Deployment Sequence (Nominal)James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)2021-11-12 | Engineers on the ground will remotely orchestrate a complex sequence of deployments in the hours and days immediately after the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. This animation shows the nominal sequence for these deployments.
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Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Producer Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Technical Support Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle): Lead Animator
The Webb’s Telescope’s dazzling mirrors have a microscopic layer of gold and it isn’t for aesthetic reasons. Different wavelengths of light are best reflected with certain metals. Reflect on these materials along with host Sophia Roberts to learn why these mirrors are so well suited for infrared observation. #UnfoldTheUniverse
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Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Credits Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Lead Producer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Writer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Editor Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Videographer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Narrator Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Videographer Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Videographer Rob Andreoli (AIMM): Videographer Walt Feimer (KBRwyle): Lead Animator Michael Lentz (KBRwyle): Animator Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle): Animator Bailee DesRocher (USRA): Animator Jacquelyn DeMink (USRA): Animator Jonathan North (KBRwyle): Animator Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Lead Technical Support Duncan Wiles: Videographer Bill Schuster: Subject Expert