JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #JWST #Telescope Ultimate Space Telescope | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS 390,859 views Premiered Jul 13, 2022

#JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #JWST #Telescope Ultimate Space Telescope | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS 390,859 viewsPremiered Jul 13, 2022 5.3K DISLIKE SHARE DOWNLOAD CLIP SAVE NOVA PBS Official 407K subscribers Discover how NASA engineers built and launched the most ambitious telescope of all time. Official Website: https://www.pbs.org/nova/ | #NOVAPBS How did NASA engineers build and launch the most ambitious telescope of all time? Follow the dramatic story of the James Webb Space Telescope—the most complex machine ever launched into space. If it works, scientists believe that this new eye on the universe will peer deeper back in time and space than ever before to the birth of galaxies, and may even be able to “sniff” the atmospheres of exoplanets as we search for signs of life beyond Earth. But getting it to work is no easy task. The telescope is far bigger than its predecessor, the famous Hubble Space Telescope, and it needs to make its observations a million miles away from Earth—so there will be no chance to go out and fix it. That means there’s no room for error; the most ambitious telescope ever built needs to work perfectly. Meet the engineers making it happen and join them on their high stakes journey to uncover new secrets of the universe. This program is made possible by viewers like you. 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This is just beyond mind blowing! 22 teej143 teej143 1 day ago What an incredible feat of human ingenuity and cooperation! 29 Jose L Pinedo Jose L Pinedo 1 day ago This is so freaking amazing! It makes me reflect on how humans are capably of things that were so unbelievable not many years ago. The only thing that keeps unchanged is also how horrible we can be to each other. I really hope as a race at almost point of extinction we get better. 12 ACE ACE 4 days ago (edited) I can't express how much joy it brings me that this was posted to Youtube!!!! Thanks PBS and NOVA!!!!!! 156 poivre22 poivre22 2 days ago It’s feats like this that give me some faith in humanity. I look forward to all the discoveries that lie ahead. Well done. 5 jim stewart jim stewart 1 day ago I have followed NASA since the Gemini program, and have been intrigued with every project. Alan Shephard, first American into space; John Glen, first orbit of the earth, the Apollo program which let to Neil Armstrong taking the first steps onto an alien planet; the space shuttle, the ISS, NASA's partnering with private aerospace enterprises, and now to the most recent gem, James Webb Telescope. I am fortunate enough to have witnessed so many advances in human endeavors. My next adventure will be to observe a live launch of the Artemis program and the activation of the leading edge Orion deep space capsule. Right now I give thanks to the Lord, NASA, and NOVA. 3 Whit B Whit B 3 days ago This is so well done. Incredible stuff as always NOVA and PBS!!! 16 star forge star forge 4 days ago Yo, the amount of work that is put into this episode and this telescope is nothing short of absolutely incredible and the moment that I saw the James Webb Space Telescope version of the Hubble deep field I was like “gravitational lensing is present in this picture” like I was just utterly blown away to see that picture and I was blown away to really see the whole journey of this telescope, from its inception to today July 13, 2022. Like it’s just really nothing short of incredible to me how far these men and women have gone to give is these amazing pictures and discoveries. To NOVA and the James Webb Space Telescope team you guys are awesome and keep up the absolutely amazing work!!!! 24 David Holland David Holland 2 days ago Absolutely amazing. Both the JWST and this Nova episode - kudos to all, and thank you! 6 Jason Tonelli Jason Tonelli 3 days ago I followed this project for years and I can remember saying how ridiculous this project was for being so much over budget and so extremely delayed. Now I understand it and I am glad they took their time. Just these first images are mind blowing. Excited to see what we discover 25 william wilcox william wilcox 2 days ago This documentary brought me to tears a couple of times. This is one of those few moments where I’m proud of my species. So much work, from so many people. And it worked! It friggen worked! I’m so glad to be living in this time in history. 9 Donald Pearson Donald Pearson 3 days ago (edited) This show was absolutely amazing and they seriously put in the work to make it happen. I have always been obsessed with the universe, space and technology. 29 Kevin Tate Kevin Tate 1 day ago This what PBS should be doing! Well done PBS and nova. Thank you to every single person that was a part of the team that made this amazing piece of equipment come to life! 12 Jeremy Jeremy 1 hour ago Such an amazing feat, despite the cost. Loved this episode. So well done, as usual. Looking foward to all that JWST is going to discover. G S G S 2 days ago I love the fact that we know nothing about what to expect - just a spec is magnificent, very humbling. 4 T G T G 17 hours ago I've been following the JWST for 12 years, been excited for it for a very very long time. I couldn't help it, when it launched, I sat on my couch and just cried. What an amazing moment. 1 iamwatching iamwatching 1 day ago Other than seeing galaxies a billion light years away I'm more interested in seeing planets revolving around Stars 100 light years or less and searching them for true Life. 6 Xaq Chilly Xaq Chilly 1 day ago I'm glad to have been alive for this, one of mankind's greatest achievements. I hope it can unite us and help propel us in to a brighter future. 2 unknown Soldier unknown Soldier 10 hours ago Absolutely amazing, a proud day to be a human being on this tiny planet in this unimaginably infinite universe. Family Groms Cars & Fun Family Groms Cars & Fun 3 days ago It's amazing to see how small we truly are. In this vast Universe we live in. 11 Timothy E Timothy E 3 days ago Totally mind boggling; I can’t comprehend seeing something over ten billion years ago/distant?!?!…The overwhelming quality of this universe is mystery 7 David H David H 4 days ago Thank you JWST team for 27 years of very hard work! The telescope is extraordinary! 17 Aisle of View Aisle of View 3 days ago I struck up a friendship several years ago with an 80 year old retired physician and the Webb was a topic of constant conversation. Can’t tell you how happy I am that he’s still around to enjoy the first photos. 42 Carlos Estrella Carlos Estrella 3 days ago I can't help but think of Jodie Foster's words in, "Contact," when, crying, she said, "poetry... they should've sent a poet..." The beauty visible to us because of the efforts of so many at NASA, ESA, Canada's Space Agency, the Contractors and Sub-contractors and the patience of family, friends and even Congress... Is simply awe inspiring. Thank you all for a glimpse. 8 cristmh cristmh 1 day ago Having worked on this program for 10 years, it's so gratifying to see the hard work of so many people come to fruition. Thank you NOVA and PBS for such a fine overview of what it took to construct the greatest time machine ever built! 2 Chaim Mendel Chaim Mendel 1 day ago This was truly exciting to watch. The excitement among the many scientists is infectious! Rebecca Cardenas Rebecca Cardenas 3 days ago I LOVE the mind boggling thought of all those Galaxies being out there. Infinite mind spiral.🤩🤘🏻 21 ooBoFaDeeZoo ooBoFaDeeZoo 1 day ago Those last shots of JWST leaving gave me goosebumps for 10 minutes. Inspiring! 2 Jen Klen Jen Klen 9 hours ago Wow, the relief the team felt after the telescope was fully deployed must’ve felt AMAZING!! I wish I could’ve been in that room, where everyone was at! 😆 joeflosion joeflosion 4 days ago I've been looking forward to this exact NOVA for so many years, and it's everything I had hoped for. Absolutely STELLAR! 12 Johnny-Estuardo Espinoza Johnny-Estuardo Espinoza 14 hours ago What infinity grateful 🥲 to all people involved in this great humanity event. Thanks to PBS to Edit this great documentary, wanted watch it several more times. 👌🏻 1 Old Uncle Bob Old Uncle Bob 3 days ago Astounding engineering and science! Astounding cosmos!!! 4 chad carroll chad carroll 1 day ago Mind-blowing what can be accomplished when humans work together. P K P K 1 day ago * crying * I'm lost for words........ Everything about this is AMAZING!!! 3 clatey clatey 4 days ago I'm so thankful to be alive during a time where something like this is possible. It really opens up the door seeing the universe in a way we have never done before. Thank you PBS for getting this made and put out so quickly after the first images were released. Amazing. 13 Skylar’Love Skylar’Love 2 days ago this was the most amazing thing I ever seen in my life. congratulations to you all who got a chance to work on this truly amazing project... this is huge!!!!! 5 Kenneth Harris II Kenneth Harris II 4 days ago Amazing job everyone! Honored to be included in this. 232 Robert Lehman Robert Lehman 2 days ago I was watching a world science festival video on their you tube channel about the webb. Hosted by physicist Brian Greene. He had a panel of scientists whom had helped build the webb. They got to discussing the mirrors. First they had to precision polish them at room temp to a degree that if the total surface area of the mirrors had been laid out over the surface of the Atlantic ocean, the biggest wave tolerable on the oceans surface would have been only three quarters of an inch. That in itself is crazy. But there's a problem. As explained in this documentary, the webb specializes in the infrared spectrum and has to be cold to operate right. 375F cold. At those temps, materials warp and twist and change shape. So these guys literally cooled the mirrors to operating temp, analyzed every single imperfection caused, brought the mirrors back to room temp, and then, they re polished the imperfections they measured into the mirror so when it got to space and deployed the mirrors would warp into the perfectly aligned shape at operational temp. There are 18 mirrors which arrange the single lens. The shear feat of engineering that is this telescope is pretty dn amazing. Like humans on the moon for the first time. 1 Arizona Hobbies & Rec Arizona Hobbies & Rec 4 days ago If I was rich, I would have the most LEGIT private observatory. Like full on giant white dome and huge scope and everything. And I'd wear a lab coat too. 9 David Gatzen David Gatzen 1 day ago I watched this Nova Documentary before, but I love the fact that they updated the documentary showing the latest images from the telescope in July 2022 in the last 5 minutes of the documentary. 1 Sheps Sheps 4 days ago I would not be a happy human without SCIENCE in my life and around my life, WE are science :) 8 Falcofurious Falcofurious 3 days ago Hubble took 2 weeks whereas Webb took 12 hours for the deep field. Just think about that. 5 J N J N 4 days ago I #*%>ing love every single person who helped bring these images to the minds of Earth. 10 joho0 joho0 4 days ago This reminds me of Howard Carter's account of discovering King Tut's tomb. All alone and in pitch blackness except for a small torch, he claimed to have been overwhelmed with a profound sense of the enormity of time that had passed since anyone had gazed upon King Tut's mummy. Tut died over three thousand years ago, but these JWST images are showing us galaxies as they existed billions of years ago. It's difficult to comprehend. 5 J D J D 2 days ago This NOVA show about the JWST is perfect. My utmost thanks to all who made the success of the JWST possible. 2 TheDizzleHawke TheDizzleHawke 4 days ago I haven’t been more excited about a scientific technology since the large hadron collider. I can’t wait to see what it will reveal about the cosmos! 17 TI5QU4NTUM TI5QU4NTUM 4 days ago (edited) Another NOVA Masterpiece of human Innovation and Perseverance. 🙌🏼🙏🏼🗽🇺🇲🦅🌌 Thank you PBS. 🙏🏼 We need a Webb Telescope Emoji now, hello... 26 eschdaddy eschdaddy 3 hours ago (edited) Thank you NASA for your tenacity and thank you NOVA for telling this great story!!! Sally Luken Sally Luken 1 day ago I've been obsessed the last few days about these images and trying to understand their immense meaning. I am so grateful to PBS and NOVA for this program. It was a beautiful and informative documentary. Please, keep them coming as new images are released! 1 Myra Craig Myra Craig 4 days ago 500 billion stars in a galaxy! To see the 5 galaxies in Stephen's Quintet brought me to tears. Let us use the peaceful pics from the Webb telescope to unite our world. Are you not moved by the universe Mr. Putin? 9 Graham Combs Graham Combs 2 days ago (edited) There is an important name missing in this documentary. Gregory L. Robinson. I would suggest that viewers check out the July 8, 2022 edition of the Wall Street Journal, the Exchange section. Dr. Robinson was the NASA engineer and administrator who took the mess that the Webb telescope program had become and got the project back on track and completed. It could not have happened without him. It should not be that significant, but Gregory Robinson is African-American and grew up in poverty in the South. It's an extraordinary story and his absence from the narrative of this documentary is a disgrace to Nova and PBS and perhaps even NASA for not vetting this film. There was also a New York Times article and an interview with Dr. Robinson on NPR. So there is no excuse for this particular instance of neglect. 3 Ariel Danza Ariel Danza 4 days ago So excited to learn more about these beautiful photographs! 8 Nadia Rawls Nadia Rawls 4 days ago Thank you so much for joining us, Nestor and Kenneth! And thank you all for watching! Hope you enjoyed :) 10 L. Kemp L. Kemp 1 hour ago Wow and thank you! Do you say WOW and THANK YOU to the ONE WHO CREATED ALL THESE ??? He deserves your praise and heart-felt thanks!! 1 Ronald Garrison Ronald Garrison 2 days ago More and more, I feel like, "Who needs fiction?" Reality has just become so extreme. "You can't make this stuff up."—That seems like the catchphrase of our time. 1 Uninitanium115 Uninitanium115 2 days ago I love Nova it's the best programming on TV if you ask me I would love to see many more programs like this one though more about space and technology and rocket science cool engineering and stuff like that this telescope is an absolute engineering marvel humans have created something that 50 years ago could only be dreamed about in the farthest of future one of the amazing program I love it thank you William Julien William Julien 20 hours ago "The nearest galaxies are 10s of thousands of light years away" While the nearest dwarf/satellite galaxies start at about 100,000 light years away the closest "comparable" galaxy, Andromeda is over 2.5 million light years away. The Milky Way itself is over 100,000 light years in diameter so "10s of thousands" is an exceedingly low number when referring to the distance between galaxies. Irish Sailor Irish Sailor 4 days ago The contrast between the Hubble and JWST images of the Carina nebula brought tears, unbidden, welling up, and overflowing my eyes. Billions stars being born. Our God is too small. 11 SigmaMan SigmaMan 1 day ago (edited) Thank you for helping me get my geek on! I am so grateful to be able to see and experience this in my life. Ronald Garrison Ronald Garrison 2 days ago I don't know why anyone would be outraged that JWST cost $10 billion and took decades. From my perspective, I'm in awe that it happened at all. 1 MammaDuck MammaDuck 3 days ago Just imagine getting three radio telescopes of that size up there in L-2... how far and what could we see with something like that? Not that this isn't damn cool. I mean I sat here and stared all day yesterday and into the night at just the Stephan's Quintet picture, zooming in and out, first looking at what I could see with that galactic traffic accident, then checking out all the other things there are to see in the image. It makes an ignorant idiot like me drop my jaw to the floor, then wax poetic. I pay taxes. I'm retired. The space telescope had nothing to do with the job I did (professor of music), but I feel I absolutely got my money's worth, and I'd pay it all over again. If we ever ditch academics and stop asking questions, that will be the day our society starts to die. 2 Arnold Sherrill Arnold Sherrill 5 hours ago There are a lot of textbooks that are going to have to either be revised or just created from the ground up from the amount of science that we are about to discover. The science of astronomy is about to be turned on its head Feeber Izer Feeber Izer 3 days ago The ultimate ASMR with those pics!!! 🤯 Thank you PBS for making the entire episode available! 2 theBidon theBidon 1 day ago Great job!! This doc was fantastic! Jose luis perez Jose luis perez 1 day ago I TRULY,TRULY RESPECT THE JOB THESE PEOPLE DO PROJECTS LIKE THIS IS WHAT MAKES AMERICA 🇺🇸AMERICANS IT'S WHAT MAKES US STAY STRONG AND TRUE TO ONE ANOTHER EVEN THO IT SHOCKED OUR DEMOCRACY TO IT'S CORE AND WE ARE STILL STANDING TALL BECAUSE DEMOCRACY IS EVERYTHING THANK YOU PBS AND NOVA FOR THE GREAT WORK YOU ALWAYS DO FOR YOUR FEWERS COMMENT FROM CHICAGO.. 2 RegisTerslow Bear RegisTerslow Bear 1 day ago “It started with a lie” is the understatement of the century. 1 Bob Bob Bob Bob 4 days ago I remember seeing my first images of Hubble. Now this. Its humbling that we as a species could spend the rest of our existence exploring the universe and in the end we would barely be scratching the surface of what's out there. 4 Adam Forest Adam Forest 3 days ago (edited) "It told us once again, we think we're smart. Haha we have no clue. " Great quote 4 Ken Albertsen Ken Albertsen 1 day ago Mucho respecto to everyone involved with the magnif eye in the sky. 1 Skeptical Otter 🦦 Skeptical Otter 🦦 12 hours ago Absolutely amazing! Jason Urban Jason Urban 5 hours ago I still can't wrap my head around the whole time thing like seeing back in time david jones david jones 1 day ago Time is perfect because there will always be another second that will happen. Time is unstoppable. 1 Cameron Cameron 2 days ago Absolute precision. Well Done. Anonymous Mouse Anonymous Mouse 3 days ago Man I loved this documentary! Teared up the whole time. Science is awesome 1 Jack Komisar Jack Komisar 3 days ago Congratulations to the 20,000 scientists, engineers, and technicians on a terrific job building, launching, and. commissioning this telescope! But I wouldn't call it the "Ultimate Space Telescope". "Ultimate" means "last". JWST will not be the last telescope to improve on its predecessors. Twenty or thirty years from now, there will be a better one. Perhaps it will be able to resolve individual stars in galaxies that appear as fuzzy blobs in a JWST image. Perhaps it will be able to see dark matter, or allow us to see detailed pictures of exoplanets. Perhaps it will allow us to see further backwards in time than the JWST, closer to the Big Bang. 14 J D J D 2 days ago I remember I was so excited seeing the Shuttle launch the TDRS system. My...how we have progressed. Mark Best Mark Best 3 days ago I watched the launch and deployment of JWST... I screenshot that moment of separation and it's priceless to me! Albert Albert Albert Albert 4 days ago Imagine what can be accomplished when we stop funding wars? 9 Richard Castaldi Sr. Richard Castaldi Sr. 2 days ago This is Truly Mind Boggling Thanks I’m Impressed Oscar Sabitini Oscar Sabitini 3 days ago Great show. How wonderful for the kids to see this. dumpling dumpling 3 days ago It's almost like this telescope turned on a lightbulb inside a dark room. 1 Lucy Mckenna-Currie Lucy Mckenna-Currie 2 days ago Wow, what a groundbreaking scientific and international achievement! Truly thrilling. If only humans could harness the same level of energy determination in collectively managing the climate crisis. 4 Brandon Savitski Brandon Savitski 3 days ago Is the Webb telescope ever going to take highly detailed photos of planets in our own solar system or is it only going to focus on outer reaches of the universe? I'd like to see more pictures of our own planets of the magnitude of the likes we've never seen too. Wish they'd also focus on what they can discover about the our closest neighboring galaxy the Andromeda galaxy. 1 RegisTerslow Bear RegisTerslow Bear 1 day ago I stalk the night sky just as anyone would, but unlike everyone else, I found a mirror on a gigantic planet 10 billion light years away, so I was actually able to see, in that mirror, two t-Rex banging missionary style, since that’s theoretically the only possible way they could mate. They were correct, it was a missionary orgy between 2 T-Rex and 4 pterodactyl. It’s was glorious to see all the way back to a totally real time in our history of Earth, I was blown away. Literally I was getting blown at the same time. Well I guess not at the same time as the orgy, but definitely while I was watching the orgy 20 billion years later. Math checks out so I expect full credit on this discovery. Thank you all for your consideration. 1 harrowgateguy harrowgateguy 15 hours ago What can we discover with a telescope that can improve the lives of people on earth? KCAA TV KCAA TV 3 days ago If the Earth is spinning and moving, how can a telescope look back 14 billion years in time at a fixed point in space for two weeks and capture a perfectly focused image? 2 Ole Olson Ole Olson 2 days ago Sometimes I forget how good NOVA is. Natalia Oleksander Natalia Oleksander 1 day ago We need to aim for building a telescope on the moon and launch it from there. Ben Efits Ben Efits 2 days ago Wonderful presentation thank you. KING RAT KING RAT 3 days ago " Are we alone?" He actually asked that question 😂. 1 Dodge Dodge 2 days ago "I would do it [study UFOs], but before agreeing to do it, we must insist upon full access to discs recovered. For instance in the L.A. case, the Army grabbed it and would not let us have it for cursory examination." J. Edgar Hoover-Director of FBI The security guard called and said, “Sir, there’s a glowing red object hovering right outside the front gate. I’ve got all the men out here with their weapons drawn.” We lost between 16-18 ICBMs (nuclear tipped Inter Continental Ballistic Missiles) at the same time UFOs were in the area… (A high ranking Air Force officer) said, “Stop the investigation; do no more on this and do not write a final report. I heard that many of the guards that reported the incident were sent off to Vietnam." Captain Robert Salas, USAF, during a videotaped interview for the Disclosure program. "A few insiders know the truth...and are studying the bodies that have been discovered." -Dr. Edwin Mitchell Apollo 14..the 6th NASA employee to walk on the Moon. "Maximum security exists concerning the subject of UFOs.” CIA Director, Allen Dulles, 1955. "It's still classified above Top Secret." - Senator Barry Goldwater, 1975 “Behind the scenes, high-ranking Air Force officers are soberly concerned about UFOs. But through official secrecy and ridicule, many citizens are led to believe that unknown flying objects are nonsense.” Former CIA Director, Roscoe Hillenkoetter, public statement, 1960. “We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false” -William Casey, CIA director, 1981 “Yes, there have been ET visitations. There have been crashed craft. There have been material and bodies recovered. There has been a certain amount of reverse engineering that has allowed some of these craft, or some components, to be duplicated. And there is some group of people that may or may not be associated with government at this point that have this knowledge. They have been attempting to conceal this knowledge. People in high level government have very little, if any, valid information about this. It has been the subject of disinformation in order to deflect attention and create confusion so the truth doesn’t come out. ” ― Edgar D. Mitchell, The Way of the Explorer: An Apollo Astronaut's Journey Through the Material and Mystical World AFFIDAVIT (1) My name is Thomas Jefferson Dubose (2) My address is: XXXXXXXXXX (3) I retired from the U.S. Air force in 1959 with the rank of Brigadier General. (4) In July 1947, I was stationed at Fort Worth Army Air Field [later Carswell Air Force Base] in Fort Worth, Texas. I served as Chief of Staff to Major General Roger Ramey, Commander, Eighth Air Force. I had the rank of Colonel. (5) In early July, I received a phone call from Maj. Gen. Clements McMullen, Deputy Commander, Strategic Air Command. He asked what we knew about the object which had been recovered outside Roswell, New Mexico, as reported in the press. I called Col. William Blanchard, Commander of the Roswell Army Air Field, and directed him to send the material in a sealed container to me at Fort Worth. I so informed Maj. Gen. McMullen. (6) After the plane from Roswell arrived with the material, I asked the Base Commander, Col. Al Clark, to take possession of the material and to personally transport it in a B-26 to Maj. Gen. McMullen in Washington, D.C. I notified Maj. Gen. McMullen, and he told me he would send the material by personal courier on his plane to Benjamin Chidlaw, Commanding General of the Air Material Command at Wright Field [later Wright Patterson AFB]. The entire operation was conducted under the strictest secrecy. (7) The material shown in the photographs taken in Maj. Gen. Ramey’s office was a weather balloon. The weather balloon explanation for the material was a cover story to divert the attention of the press. (8) I have not been paid or given anything of value to make this statement, which is the truth to the best of my recollection. Signed: T. J. Dubose Date: 9/16/91 Signature witnessed by: Linda R. Split Notary Public, State of Florida "There exists a shadowy government with its own Air Force, its own Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own ideas of national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself.“ — Daniel Inouye Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition (Iran-Contra hearings) (1987) Genesis 19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; MEANINGFUL congressional hearings, ala the Watergate hearings, including aerospace/defense contractors and Vice Admiral Thomas R. Wilson must be held to address a vital issue that transcends politics and we will never properly advance until it happens: The 75+yr ongoing-constitutionally illegal, EXTRATERRESTRIAL cover-up. How can we truly believe anything our elected officials say? The dog n pony shows must cease. 1 Robert Weldon Robert Weldon 2 days ago And to think, there are still stiff necked, narrow minded people who insist that we on earth are the only intelligent life in the universe. Not billions of stars, but billions of galaxies with billions of stars, billions of years older than the Milky Way. Big Bang or some other method of the creation no longer matters, We are not alone, we just can't reach out to those out there. This is not Star Wars nor Star Trek, but something far beyond both. Now we need to find a way to visit THEM. Thank you Nova for sharing the story about Webb. ;-) 1 Luther Dobson Luther Dobson 1 day ago This was great! Thanks Nova. Subscribed Iris. Fuentes Castellano Iris. Fuentes Castellano 7 hours ago Fantastic to know more about this. Aaron Risley Aaron Risley 2 days ago PBS should do a documentary where they tell us things we dont already know. Bryan S Bryan S 1 day ago @51:14 It's amazing how it looks like light is being bent around a series of circular rings(ripples), as if there's a transparent black-hole in the center of this field of view. But I'm sure that's just lens aberrations... Yes, sir... light sure is being "obfuscated".. miinyoo miinyoo 2 days ago Awesome job being prepared and ready to shoot and edit last act so fast. Terry UniGeezer Peterson Terry UniGeezer Peterson 2 days ago And to think it will probably be obsolete in less than 20 years do to the incredible inroads and discoveries in science and technology. Tech for the disabled Tech for the disabled 4 days ago All the people that made jwst are heros 5 taz santiago taz santiago 2 days ago (edited) About 6 wedding bands of Gold huh 🤔 This Hass to be my favorite documentary when it comes to space and human achievements 🚀 🌎 🛰 ✨ 🌌 DS_the_RN DS_the_RN 2 days ago When I was 7, I wanted to be an astronomer. I really wanted to make a living working at the stars. By the time I got to college in the 90s, I thought every thing had been discovered. Imagine my sadness and exhilaration that I didn’t become an astronomer. I was bad at math. It held me back. Luis Martinez Luis Martinez 1 day ago The way I see it this is the best investment we have done, all the new technologies and only cost $10 thanks nasa. Glennhkc Glennhkc 16 hours ago As great as the JWST is, I sincerely hope it's not the "Ultimate Space Telescope" and that we've far better to come. Salad Salad Salad Salad 3 days ago these images show what infinity and beyond looks like 1 Alcohol Free Alcohol Free 1 day ago These are amazing people but I wonder what their being so wound up and worried accomplishes? They have to be slow and cautious but what they are doing either worked or it didn’t; worry would not change the outcome? Would it?? Well done folks!! TheGoodDoctor TheGoodDoctor 3 days ago To me the images are a bit blurry. Yeah they did pretty good job, but if you have a picture and if it's in focus, it will be sharp down to the pixel. Here the images are not. When Hubble 1st showed its images, there were details never seen before, however there was focus issues - blurry to the pixel level or noise level (until a corrective lenses was applied later). The problem here is that down to the pixel level - it looks like they are applying a low pass or a gaussian filter to the image to suppress noise. Something seems a bit off. If you have a sharp picture that you took with a DSLR camera, it would be sharp down to the pixel. If you had a shot that was as blurry as these images are down to the pixel level - you wouldn't say that it's sharp. The only possibility that I'm thinking is the physics of focusing lower IR freq images where the pixel density of the sensor is too great to capture detail. If that is not the reason - NASA has a optics issue on their hand..... 1 ray vang ray vang 3 days ago Idk what’s the big problem , as a tax payer , 10 billion dollar through a 20 year spand is a drop in the bucket vs the Military 700 Billion dollar budget , and NASA probaly spent most of its funding on the Telescope which is actually going to give us answer and progress humanity, I’m so glad we have private companies stepping into the Space industry because a certain side of the US government is a Joke. We need to stop worrying about China and focus in advancing our civilization and protecting our environment. 3 Mascãdá Del Pántiòn Mascãdá Del Pántiòn 4 days ago This is simply beautiful 10 Richard Shane Richard Shane 1 day ago Hasn't looking for the big bang turned into an industry that might not really be necessary??? Just passing by a thought about life... 2 handsome lover handsome lover 2 hours ago I am so amazed to see the beauty of the universe. This is an example of true wonder. We now can see more clearly what God created for us to see and enjoy. mr.E of Planet Earth mr.E of Planet Earth 3 days ago I'm just a regular science loving skeptical atheist (in its true meaning), fun, and life loving kind of guy. God bless those keepers of the JWST!. You're my friends whoever you are 💛. I love you. I need to see what that telescope will see one day. Thank you so much. 1 Levi and Hiro Levi and Hiro 3 days ago I saw the launch live on YouTube and was so nervous Michael McDonald Michael McDonald 2 days ago The cool thing is how much data throughput we can handle now. This thing will be making discoveries for 20 years after it runs out of gas. Todd Krueger Todd Krueger 12 hours ago Can anyone out there help me with this question? We have been told in the past that the Earth was the Center of the Universe. I realize that the odds are beyond astronomical, but can Hubble actually find, with infrared, the actual center location of the known Universe? Also, could it locate where we are relative to that center? Chaplinj Chaplinj 1 day ago Who needs cable TV!? Give me Wi-Fi and I can watch a million different things that cable can’t deliver. Comcast/ X-Finity can blow it out their arse! This show was AWESOME! 1 o o 2 days ago (edited) I hope they included a message of introduction to present to aliens. :) Dennis Salisbury Dennis Salisbury 1 day ago (edited) Actually, there is no reason why a robotic maintenance system could not be deployed to service the Jame Webb. 1 Saber SMAW Saber SMAW 4 days ago Kinda wished they showed more stuff from the telescope then showing people around it, I know they just showed a new pic as it was shown from 7-12-22, but still! 1 Fleezy Fleezy 3 days ago Humanity has 3 great accomplishments. 1) going to the moon 2) hubble telescope and repairs 3) james webb Alot of great other accomplishments but these are the ones in my book. 1 Cognitive MGTOW Cognitive MGTOW 2 days ago I'm signing up for an Astronomy course next semester...love our COSMOS! J Ozzy J Ozzy 16 hours ago (edited) Yep, even as an adult, I still 💘 disney. However, Lost in Space with Will and the robot, will always be my favorite. Hey Dr. Smith....Sup. Brian Ward Brian Ward 2 days ago Well now we have justification for building ships to go out to where it is and be able to fix it if need be. ArizonaPoet ArizonaPoet 4 days ago Always smile when they clap or high 5. If things happened they just did their job, nothing more, smile inwardly then move on. Don't gloat over doing what you should do. 1 Jay Zay Jay Zay 4 days ago Thanks NOVA, amazing video and very informative 👏 Mike G Mike G 14 hours ago Now, they should take the JWST and focus on a totally empty area from the Hubble deep field and see what that produces? Bob Goss Bob Goss 20 hours ago Nearest star from us is actually our Sun. armando sori armando sori 1 day ago Hooray for humanity 👏 Iris. Fuentes Castellano Iris. Fuentes Castellano 8 hours ago Amazing to see wow 1 Amy Williams Amy Williams 4 days ago Incredible feat! Bravo NASA! 1 spidyr2k spidyr2k 1 day ago "...and when Lord Carnarvon, unable to stand in suspense any longer, inquired anxiously "Can you see anything?", it was all I could do to get out the words "Yes, wonderful things". James Bond 007 James Bond 007 3 days ago There is no doubt in 1995 Because of Hubble telescope Our world Got much bigger bill russ bill russ 2 days ago Think about this, photons from an image 13 billion light years away COMPLETELY cover a sphere 26 billion light years in diameter. That's a lot of photons! Truth Is in Christ Truth Is in Christ 2 days ago (edited) We live on rocket ship earth. Who needs a spaceship? Can man develop a spaceship that goes faster than the ball earth? Afterall we’re travelling through the cosmos faster than over 600 times the speed of sound! Who needs a “spaceship” when we have our very own space ball! 😂 Read the book of James then you may comprehend the WEBB your truly in… Tony Valencia Tony Valencia 3 days ago I love space. Infinite possibilities for life in other galaxies. There’s no way our own galaxy is the only galaxy with a 🌎 like ours. It’s fascinating… 1 IVORY123100 IVORY123100 3 days ago To me .. What we are seeing is God's work . 3 S Khan S Khan 4 days ago Incredible 1 gnome53 gnome53 3 days ago I would (eventually) like to see a visual comparison of the resolutions available from JWST vs. IRAS vs. WISE vs. Spitzer vs. ... G. Elliott Nielsen G. Elliott Nielsen 4 days ago Now that we can see . . . . . can we BE . . . . out there? Will we make it. . . . . or will we destroy ourselves first? 2 Red Barchetta Red Barchetta 1 day ago I cried happy tears. ♥ 1 VJ Church VJ Church 1 day ago