James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Animation

Artist's Concept of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Peering deep into space and back into time, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will search for cosmic origins, studying objects that existed when the universe was young; when galaxies, stars and planetary systems were being formed. Nascent stars and galaxies are so distant...

Beryllium Mirror Segment

Northrop Grumman Corporation's Space Technology sector is the prime contractor leading the design and development of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Following a thorough and detailed evaluation, beryllium was selected as the material for the JWST primary mirror. A...

Big Bang Animation

Animation of the "Big Bang" or the beginning of the universe. The James Webb Telescope with its larger optical telescope assembly will peer farther into space than is currently possible. This "First Light Machine" will finally see what the universe looked like when it was merely...

Hubble Deep Field Fly-Through

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will be looking at early stars and galaxies. This animation is a fly through the Hubble Space Telescope's remarkable image of the Hubble Deep Field. More than 2,000 galaxies are shown in three-dimensional space according to their redshift. This...