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Hurt (Caltech-IPAC)", "width": 1920, "height": 1080, "pixels": 2073600 } } }, { "id": 507304, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 31293, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/31293/", "page_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "title": "Webb, Hubble Telescopes Affirm Universe's Expansion Rate", "description": "This image of NGC 5468, a galaxy located about 130 million light-years from Earth, combines data from the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes. This is the farthest galaxy in which Hubble has identified Cepheid variable stars. These are important milepost markers for measuring the expansion rate of the universe. The distance calculated from Cepheids has been cross-correlated with a type Ia supernova in the galaxy. Type Ia supernovae are so bright they are used to measure cosmic distances far beyond the range of the Cepheids, extending measurements of the universe's expansion rate deeper into space.CreditsNASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Adam G. 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This is the farthest galaxy in which Hubble has identified Cepheid variable stars. These are important milepost markers for measuring the expansion rate of the universe. The distance calculated from Cepheids has been cross-correlated with a type Ia supernova in the galaxy. Type Ia supernovae are so bright they are used to measure cosmic distances far beyond the range of the Cepheids, extending measurements of the universe's expansion rate deeper into space.CreditsNASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Adam G. Riess (JHU, STScI)", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 507305, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 14940, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14940/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "Cosmic Dawn with Nobel Laureate John Mather", "description": "Complete transcript available. || CU_Mather_Thumb.png (1280x720) [1.3 MB] || CU_Mather_Thumb_print.jpg (1024x576) [186.9 KB] || CU_Mather_Thumb_searchweb.png (320x180) [90.4 KB] || CU_Mather_Thumb_thm.png (80x40) [7.3 KB] || CU_Mather_ProRes.webm (1920x1080) [130.9 MB] || CU_Mather.en_US.srt [31.4 KB] || CU_Mather.en_US.vtt [29.7 KB] || CU_Mather_YT.mp4 (1920x1080) [1.2 GB] || CU_Mather_ProRes.mov (1920x1080) [16.3 GB] || ", "release_date": "2025-12-17T12:00:00-05:00", "update_date": "2025-12-19T14:54:05.865638-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 1195179, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a014900/a014940/CU_Mather_Thumb.png", "filename": "CU_Mather_Thumb.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Complete transcript available.", "width": 1280, "height": 720, "pixels": 921600 } } }, { "id": 507306, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 14943, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14943/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "Far and Wide: Additional Graphics", "description": "This page houses animation clips from the Far and Wide video series, which may be useful in presentations or other video products. || ", "release_date": "2026-01-20T11:00:00-05:00", "update_date": "2026-01-16T21:53:09-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 1195505, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a014900/a014943/FaW_Precision3DMapping_Still_searchweb.png", "filename": "FaW_Precision3DMapping_Still_searchweb.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "This animation shows a representative selection of objects in the universe and then encloses them in a cube and measures each one. Roman’s wide view will allow it to study enough large-scale structure of the universe in high precision for scientists to begin understanding its true nature, including dark energy and dark matter, and viewing early galaxies as a population rather than a few individuals who may or may not be “average.” ", "width": 320, "height": 180, "pixels": 57600 } } }, { "id": 507307, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 10118, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10118/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "Journey Through the Cosmic Web: Cosmic Cruising 2", "description": "This animation flies through the cosmic web of the early universe. At the end, we see the Hubble Space Telescope collecting data points.Launched in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has revolutionized astronomy by providing unprecedented views of the Universe. Hubble's spectral range extends from the ultraviolet, through the visible, and into the near-infrared. NASA will fly a servicing mission in 2008 to bring two new science instruments to Hubble - the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph and the Wide Field Camera 3. New gyros and batteries will extend Hubble's life through 2013. || ", "release_date": "2007-07-30T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:55:37.139500-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 507927, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010100/a010118/CosmicWeb0013.jpg", "filename": "CosmicWeb0013.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "This visualization is a flight through the 'cosmic web', the large scale structure of the universe. Each bright knot is an entire galaxy, while the purple filaments show where material exists between the galaxies. To the human eye, only the galaxies would be visible, and this visualization allows us to see the strands of material connecting the galaxies and forming the cosmic web.This visualization is based on a scientific simulation of the growth of structure in the universe. The matter, dark matter, and dark energy in a region of the universe are followed from very early times of the universe through to the present day using the equations of gravity, hydrodynamics, and cosmology. The normal matter has been clipped to show only the densest regions, which are the galaxies, and is shown in white. The dark matter is shown in purple. 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The sequence features a dense cluster of galaxies about 6 billion light-years away and extends to galaxies at more than twice that distance. Because the light from these galaxies has travelled for billions of years across space, the images show the galaxies as they appeared billions of years ago. In addition, the expansion of space has redshifted the light of these galaxies toward longer wavelengths (i.e., to the red end of the visible-light region and into the infrared-light region). The changes seen in galaxies during the fly-through illustrate the changes in galaxy structure and appearance over billions of years of cosmic history. CANDELS is an acronym for the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey project. One of the largest projects ever done with the Hubble Space Telescope, CANDELS surveyed five fields to study the development of galaxies over time. The CANDELS observations of the UDS field complement ground-based observations from the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope. Astronomers and visual artists extracted over 26,000 galaxies from the Hubble UDS images and created a computer model based on the measured and estimated properties. 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The image displays approximately 30,000 galaxies across 6 billion years of time and space—half the age of the universe—making for a fascinating visual study of galaxy evolution. || STScI-H-CANDELS_UDF-16300x9000_print.jpg (1024x565) [94.3 KB] || STScI-H-CANDELS_UDF-16300x9000.png (16300x9000) [283.6 MB] || STScI-H-CANDELS_UDF-16300x9000_searchweb.png (320x180) [74.9 KB] || STScI-H-CANDELS_UDF-16300x9000_thm.png (80x40) [4.3 KB] || STScI-H-CANDELS_UDF-16300x9000.png.dzi (16300x9000) [179 bytes] || STScI-H-CANDELS_UDF-16300x9000.tif (16300x9000) [385.8 MB] || STScI-H-CANDELS_UDF-16300x9000.png_files (1x1) [4.0 KB] || ", "release_date": "2019-01-28T14:00:00-05:00", "update_date": "2025-03-10T00:26:22.171257-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 397633, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a030000/a031000/a031020/STScI-H-CANDELS_UDF-16300x9000_print.jpg", "filename": "STScI-H-CANDELS_UDF-16300x9000_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "This amazingly deep, detailed image is the result of the Hubble Space Telescope’s most substantial and ambitious observing campaign yet, CANDELS—the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey. 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The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) was built and launched by NASA to measure a remnant of the early universe - its oldest light. The conditions of the early times are imprinted on this light. It is the result of what happened earlier, and a backlight for the later development of the universe. This light lost energy as the universe expanded over 13.7 billion years, so WMAP now sees the light as microwaves. By making accurate measurements of microwave patterns, WMAP has answered many longstanding questions about the universe's age, composition and development.This video from Goddard's tape archive features Dr. Bennett after the first results were announced in 2003. || ", "release_date": "2012-06-21T16:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:52:59.415060-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 475064, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011000/a011008/WMAPportrait0720.jpg", "filename": "WMAPportrait0720.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Short video featuring interviews with Dr. Charles Bennett and Dr. Lyman PageFor complete transcript, click here.", "width": 1280, "height": 720, "pixels": 921600 } } }, { "id": 507315, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 10123, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10123/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "WMAP's Portrait of the Early Universe", "description": "Scientists using NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anistropy Probe (WMAP) have created the most detailed portrait of the infant Universe. By capturing the afterglow of the Big Bang, called the cosmic microwave background (CMB), we now believe the Universe to be 13.7 billion years old. Encoded in these patterns is much—anticipated information about the fundamental properties of the early Universe. WMAP launched on June 30, 2001. || ", "release_date": "2007-07-03T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2025-03-16T23:13:13.186156-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 508099, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010100/a010123/WMAPportrait1333.jpg", "filename": "WMAPportrait1333.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "This animation begins with a zoom into the WMAP data. We then see the formation of the first stars and galaxies. The images zooms out to reveal the relative locations of the WMAP data and from where the satellite is observing.", "width": 1280, "height": 720, "pixels": 921600 } } }, { "id": 507316, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 14715, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14715/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "COBE Celebrates 35th Launch Anniversary", "description": "Technicians work on the COBE (Cosmic Background Explorer) spacecraft in a clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The mission launched into an Earth orbit in 1989 to make an all-sky map of the cosmic microwave background, the oldest light in the universe. The conical silver shield protects the scientific instruments from direct radiation from the Sun and Earth, isolates them from radio-frequency interference from the spacecraft transmitters and terrestrial sources, and provides thermal isolation for a dewar containing liquid helium coolant.Credit: NASA/COBE Science Team || COBE_in_gfsc_clean_room_1.jpg (1629x1600) [552.8 KB] || ", "release_date": "2024-11-18T00:00:00-05:00", "update_date": "2024-11-19T18:35:30.660140-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 1138852, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a014700/a014715/COBE_in_gsfc_clean_room_2_print.jpg", "filename": "COBE_in_gsfc_clean_room_2_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "COBE is suspended without its shield and solar panels in a NASA Goddard clean room. The white structure at the top of the spacecraft is a dewar that at launch contained nearly 175 gallons (660 liters) of liquid helium to provide a stable ultracold (457° F below zero or –272° C) environment for the instruments. The liquid helium enabled cryogenic operations for 306 days, allowing the FIRAS and DIRBE instruments to completely map the sky with superlative sensitivity. FIRAS precisely measured the spectrum of the cosmic microwave background and DIRBE measured the cosmic infrared background for the first time.Credit: National Archives (255-CC-89-HC-288)", "width": 1024, "height": 1193, "pixels": 1221632 } } }, { "id": 507317, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 10128, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10128/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "The Big Bang", "description": "This dominant cosmological theory suggests the Universe began nearly 13.7 billion years ago, expanding rapidly from a very dense and incredibly hot state. Eventually, stars ignited and galaxies slowly formed. The Big Bang theory has been imporved and advanced especially through NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) and WMAP missions. 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", "width": 1280, "height": 720, "pixels": 921600 } } }, { "id": 507320, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 10131, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10131/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "The Cosmic Dawn (Still Image Without Titles)", "description": "About 300,000 years after the Big Bang, the Universe spread out enough that free electrons and protons could form atomic hydrogen. These atoms readily absorb light, thus creating an opaque murky era known as the cosmic Dark Ages. Roughly 900 million years later, the Universe underwent a Reionization Period. The earliest stars and quasars generated enough ultraviolet light to turn hydrogen atoms back into protons and electrons. These areas began as bubbles, continually spreading until light was permitted to travel freely through the Universe. 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