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JADES: GOODS South Fly-Through Visualization

This video is a 3D visualization of galaxies observed with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument for the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey, or JADES. 

This visualization includes 9,500 galaxies from a portion of the JADES image that covers the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) South field – a field observed extensively by the Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory, and other observatories.

At the beginning of this video, we fly by galaxies in the nearby universe. Here, galaxies appear larger and more defined in structure. As we pass them, we see more distant galaxies, which appear more distorted and smaller in size.

The video ends on the galaxy JADES-GS-z14-0. This galaxy has a redshift of 14.32, making it the current record-holder for the most distant known galaxy. This corresponds to a time less than 300 million years after the big bang.

Read the story of JADES-GS-z14-0.

  • Release Date
    August 8, 2024
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    Visualization: Christian Nieves (STScI), Frank Summers (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Gregory Bacon (STScI); Science: JADES Team, Kevin Hainline (University of Arizona)

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Last Updated
Aug 28, 2025
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Laura Betz
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
laura.e.betz@nasa.gov

Visualization Credit

Christian Nieves (STScI), Frank Summers (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Gregory Bacon (STScI)

Science Credit

JADES Team, Kevin Hainline (University of Arizona)

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