--- title: "Amazing Video Soars Through James Webb’s Dazzling 3D View of Universe" description: "Scientists have created a breathtaking, three-dimensional visualization of a recent James Webb Space Telescope survey of ancient galaxies." date: "2023-07-13" modified: "2023-07-13" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/video-james-webb-3d-universe" categories: - "James Webb Space Telescope" - "NASA" - "Space" tags: - "james webb space telescope" - "NASA" - "the digest" --- # Amazing Video Soars Through James Webb’s Dazzling 3D View of Universe ![Scientists have created a breathtaking, three-dimensional visualization of a recent James Webb Space Telescope survey of ancient galaxies.]() *\Image: NASA\* ## Star Field Scientists have created a breathtaking three-dimensional visualization of a recent James Webb Space Telescope survey of ancient galaxies. A team at the Space Telescope Science Institute used data from the CEERS (Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science) survey to assemble the short video. The clip takes you flying past thousands of galaxies near the Big Dipper constellation, turning back the clock billions of years at 200 million light-years per second. At the end of the video, you arrive at Maisie’s Galaxy, which is a whopping 13.4 billion light-years away from Earth — meaning we're looking at light originating a mere 390 million years after the Big Bang. https://youtu.be/-VNZsAeYt0c ## Time Traveler The James Webb Space Telescope has already spied some of the most ancient galaxies ever observed since [kicking off scientific investigations]() last year. In other words, the telescope has already been a huge boon for our understanding of the cosmos. "This observatory just opens up this entire period of time for us to study," said Rebecca Larson, a researcher at the Rochester Institute of Technology and one of the survey's investigators, in a [statement](). "We couldn’t study galaxies like Maisie’s before because we couldn’t see them." "Now, not only are we able to find them in our images, we’re able to find out what they’re made of and if they differ from the galaxies that we see close by," she added. ## Like Firecrackers The news comes less than a week after [CERES scientists revealed]() they had uncovered a supermassive black hole inside one of the earliest known galaxies in the universe, which dates to only roughly 570 million years after the Big Bang, making it around 13.77 billion years old. And the Webb is only getting started. With more observations of these ancient galaxies, astronomers are excited to study the earliest stages of our universe's evolution. "We’re used to thinking of galaxies as smoothly growing," said Steven Finkelstein, principal investigator of CERES and researcher at the University of Texas at Austin, in the statement. "But maybe these stars are forming like firecrackers. Are these galaxies forming more stars than expected? Are the stars they’re making more massive than we expect?" **More on the James Webb:** *[James Webb Spots Oldest Supermassive Black Hole Ever]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()