All You Need to Know About the James Webb Telescope [4K]

On December 25th, 2021, NASA's most sophisticated, ground-breaking and expensive observatory ever blasted off from the Earth. The James Webb Telescope is an infrared observatory, capable of looking back all the way to the universe's first light. In this video, we will explore how this initiative came to be, and what the future holds in this exciting new age of astronomy.

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The live footage, many of the images and deployment animations in this video are provided by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre and Goddard Visualisation Studio. The full archive is available here:

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Lift-off!
1:39 Background
3:55 Webb's Troubled Development
8:17 Webb's Mirrors
10:48 Surveying in Infrared
13:51 Webb's Sunshield & Orbit
16:52 Deployment Phase
22:06 The Cosmic Dawn
24:14 Light from the First Stars
28:02 Search for Habitable Exoplanets
30:46 Other Uses for Webb

[Ainalom]

I love these longer videos man. I will watch them over and over again before bed. You have an incredible talent and create some stunning compositions. Keep up the good work and thank you from New York!

[artdonovandesign]

You can always depend upon SEA to produce the finest science videos. This JWST episode is simply fantastic! Thank you, SEA

[JCC]

Fantastic job. You fellas are crushing it with regard to these informational videos.

[Jams]

Thanks for the way you concluded this video. It is so critical that the next generation of explorers be excited and inspired to continue the journey.

[l.siqueira]

Thank you for this inspiring and beautiful video about JWST. I love your work.

[chrishernandez]

For SEA videos, I hit the like button before even watching them They're always amazingly good content.

[vrittzen]

i have watched so many James Webb videos but i know after this i will have learned waaay more!

[olehoiii]

Two friends came by to say happy Christmas, both in a hurry to get home and watch the launch, but neither of us knew the other two guys was going to watch it. Long story short, my tv was on and we were all space nerds that ended up watching it together.

[evergreen]

I've been following the jwst project since I was in middle school, and my excitement only continues to grow. Fantastic video.

[CosyMatt]

I’m so fucking lucky to live during this. I set an alarm for 4am to watch lift off and spent Christmas with my very loving but annoyed girlfriend of over 10 years pacing around her moms house watching everything go down live. I’ve been waiting ever since I first heard about this “Mega Hubble” in 2007 when I first started really being interested in space. Humanity can do some good every now and again.

[Dean-whyte]

These are the best space documentaries currently on the net, keep up the good work

[Heartford]

Your videos are unbelievable, the best quality of anyone!

[danielleriley]

Having seen the initial image used to check the individual mirror position correctness I can say the picture was mind blowing. So so so so much clearer than the other infrared telescope and zoomed in so much further and even zoomed in it’s still so clear. That test image discovered a heap of new galaxies as well and I bet someone is measuring and classifying those already.

[enderlord]

I have been waiting for this for years! I am so damn exited for the first pictures!

[Youssef_Salmane]

SEA and David Butler are two gems of astronomy topics on YouTube, i respect the effort they put in their videos

[Crowhillgal]

Really good work! Informative and upbeat. Really enjoyed the video. Thank you.

[garyeast]

I cant wait to see webbs "Pillars of creation" moment but the thing im most excited for is the unknown unknowns. The questions we are not smart enough to know to ask but may get answers to, and the next set of questions that leads to.

[NiceAnus]

Looking forward to the future.
Great job as always

[OllyF]

I always look forward to new content from you! Thank you 😊 🙏

[TheUnknowncaller]

This telescope is a prime example of what can be achieved when the best and brightest of all our nation’s space program’s work together.

I remember listening to one of my American buddies stating that he thought it was foolish for the ESA to handle the launch instead of NASA.

Man I was happy to see the ESA help Jam his foot right in his mouth. I mean having such an efficient launch that the ESA saved enough fuel to possibly extend the mission by a decade.

If the ESA hadn’t contributed a penny other than handling that launch it would’ve been worth it as 5 to 10 years of extra telescope time with Webb is darn near priceless to Astronomy!

Amazing!