3/04/2016: What happened in the early days of the universe? How did the first stars and galaxies form? In just a few years, we’ll find the answers to these questions and more with the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. We spoke with Senior Project Scientist and Nobel Laureate Dr. John Mather to learn more about how the JWST works, where it’s headed, and what we hope to find when it arrives.
music: ‘Summer Spliffs’ by Broke For Free
Special thanks to the entire team at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center for hosting our visit, to Bill Ochs, Dr. John Mather, Begoña Vila, Jody Davis and Dr. Stefanie Milam for sharing their time, knowledge and enthusiasm with us, to Laura Betz for managing our time on site, and to Maggie Masetti for making sure the entire shoot ran smoothly and serving as science consultant.
VIDEO CLIPS
Voyager Reaches Interstellar Space
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4hf8HyP0LI
NASA Exploring Energy Infrared
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmiU5tJRJd4
NASA | WMAP–From the Archives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnE4oYcCw8g
NASA | Turning Black Holes into Dark Matter Labs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_HlPxZUkIo
Kepler – A Search for Habitable Planets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdodLNvlo4M
NASA | Asteroid Bennus Journey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtUgarROs08
NASA | Earth from Orbit 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uL8LX4LmbA
An Unusual Planetary System
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL3zlwYZE6c
First Multi-Planet System Discovered by Kepler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxjffeDfpgQ
NASA | Alien Atmospheres
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcUhVCMAhAI
NASAs Kepler Mission Discovers Its Smallest Habitable Zone Planets to Date
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqw2PmiHiXA
Europa: Ocean World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz9VhCQbPAk
NASA | Fermi Provides New Insights on Dark Matter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5ucytz2C7I
Seeing Through Time with Dr. John Mather | HowStuffWorks NOW
https://youtu.be/GfUWsh44ZUo
