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ESA Releases 43-Minute James Webb Fly-Through for Telescope's Fourth Launch Anniversary

ESA stitched calibrated Webb infrared observations into a continuous zoom that moves from nearby stellar nurseries to gravitationally lensed deep fields.

Overview

  • The compilation arranges many of Webb's best-known images as progressive zooms to simulate a single continuous journey through space.
  • Early sequences showcase near- and mid-infrared views that pierce dust to reveal newborn stars in regions such as the Carina Nebula, the Pillars of Creation, and the Orion Nebula.
  • Later segments highlight interacting galaxies, including scenes like Stephan's Quintet, and massive clusters that lens background galaxies, with some light traveling for more than 10 billion years.
  • Specialist visualization teams built the long-form sequence from processed, calibrated data, mapping infrared wavelengths to visible colors while retaining scientific fidelity.
  • The video, titled "Fly through Webb's cosmic vistas," is available for streaming or download via ESA's multimedia portal and official YouTube channel under ESA usage guidelines.