How the James Webb Space Telescope Unpacks the Early Universe
In short: The James Webb Space Telescope uses infrared technology to detect the redshifted light of the universe's first galaxies.
A 1:34 short film in the series “Space Frontiers”.
Sources used in this film: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), “What Is Cosmological Redshift? - NASA Science”; NASA, “Hubble Cosmological Redshift - NASA Science”; NASA, “NIRCam - NASA Science”; NASA, “Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) - NASA Science”; NASA, “Webb's Mirrors - NASA Science”; NASA, “NASA's Webb Draws Back Curtain on Universe's Early Galaxies - NASA Science”; Nature Astronomy, “Spectroscopic confirmation of four metal-poor galaxies at z = 10.3–13.2”; National Science Foundation, “10120204”.
Sources used in this film
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — What Is Cosmological Redshift? - NASA Science · View →
- NASA — Hubble Cosmological Redshift - NASA Science · View →
- NASA — NIRCam - NASA Science · View →
- NASA — Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) - NASA Science · View →
- NASA — Webb's Mirrors - NASA Science · View →
- NASA — NASA's Webb Draws Back Curtain on Universe's Early Galaxies - NASA Science · View →
- Nature Astronomy — Spectroscopic confirmation of four metal-poor galaxies at z = 10.3–13.2 · View →
- National Science Foundation — 10120204 · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: NASA Science (James Webb Space Telescope): What Is Cosmological Redshift? - NASA Science
- Also: NASA Science: Hubble Cosmological Redshift - NASA Science
- Also: NASA: NIRCam - NASA Science
- Also: NASA Science: Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) - NASA Science
- Also: NASA Science: Webb's Mirrors - NASA Science
- Also: NASA: NASA's Webb Draws Back Curtain on Universe's Early Galaxies - NASA Science
- Also: Nature Astronomy: Spectroscopic confirmation of four metal-poor galaxies at z = 10.3–13.2
- Also: National Science Foundation: 10120204
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