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This visualization brings Webb’s iconic image to life — helping us imagine the true, three-dimensional structure of the universe… and our place within it.

For more information, visit https://webb.nasa.gov/.

Credit:
Producer: Greg Bacon & Frank Summers (STScI), NASA’s Universe of Learning, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Narrator: Jacob Pinter
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