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James Webb Space Telescope: NASA’s giant eye in space explained

It’s covered in gold and can see light that has travelled for 13 billion years. But NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has also had a troubled history. Here’s why this powerful space observatory is a game changer. Subscribe to CNET: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Twitter: Follow us on Instagram: Follow us on…

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It’s covered in gold and can see light that has travelled for 13 billion years. But NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has also had a troubled history. Here’s why this powerful space observatory is a game changer.

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  1. Claire Reilly

    December 21, 2021 at 6:12 pm

    It still blows me away the kind of images we get from Hubble and that was launched back in the ’90s! So excited to see what the JWST delivers.

    • `

      December 22, 2021 at 1:13 pm

      They won’t be as spectacular, webb will focus on infrared not visible

    • Adam Strachn

      December 22, 2021 at 4:55 pm

      @` Not necessarily… Look at the side by side example at around 3:55 There’s much more detail & clarity.

    • `

      December 22, 2021 at 7:30 pm

      @Adam Strachn Yeah I guess my comment wasn’t terribly thought out, though at least the stuff we know from Hubble won’t look quite the same, like nebulae will probably look a lot less cool and everything will of course have to be artificially colored

  2. Siegfried Gerling

    December 21, 2021 at 7:01 pm

    I will watch the launch from Paramaribo, Suriname neighbouring French Guyana

  3. QuantumBlur_314

    December 21, 2021 at 7:02 pm

    I am so excited if this works and it’s genuinely gonna hurt if it doesn’t.

  4. David Desson

    December 21, 2021 at 7:20 pm

    The first pictures will be the most exciting pictures since the pictures of Pluto.

  5. zaine degracia

    December 21, 2021 at 7:42 pm

    Can’t wait to lunch..
    JWST

  6. Alan B.

    December 21, 2021 at 7:48 pm

    Good video, tacky humour… it hey, no vid is perfect

  7. Otarr

    December 21, 2021 at 7:57 pm

    But why can’t astronaut’s fly there and fix it if it needed fixing? It’s not like it’s far out like Mars, and they want to go to there

  8. 99 Nation Videos

    December 21, 2021 at 8:25 pm

    You need to stop referencing Bezos as if he isn’t an enemy of the people. You can f off with all that non-starter garbage.

    • makerofthings

      December 21, 2021 at 8:27 pm

      NO KIDDING. Musk is just as bad even if he’s adding a helpful element to economic pressures. They’re both pretty terrible people. Why would she think that was clever? She certainly lives in a gaudy bubble ignorance

  9. robitwhisper3r 2000

    December 21, 2021 at 8:29 pm

    Never.. EVER joke about us wanting Bezos or any of his billionaire suborbital toys ever again. I threw up in my mouth

  10. Good Citizen

    December 21, 2021 at 8:32 pm

    You actually think we like Bezos? What is wrong with you? We don’t even like Musk. Unless you’re noticing one of their mindless online robots or an impressionable child who doesn’t understand that billionaires are not our pals.

  11. Astronomy, nature and music

    December 21, 2021 at 8:51 pm

    How is the exposed open mirror surface, once in space, protected against micrometeorites?

  12. グロウフィル

    December 21, 2021 at 8:54 pm

    This would have been a more interesting video if not for the host.

  13. Squalington Constantine

    December 21, 2021 at 9:07 pm

    Been waiting decades for this thing. Really hope that the launch goes well.

  14. Rafa Quiroz

    December 21, 2021 at 9:31 pm

    It’ll probably take a couple of months for the show to start. I’m thinking mid June.

  15. David Morrill

    December 21, 2021 at 9:39 pm

    Its gonna blow up on the pad. 10 billion $$ of incompetence.

  16. PRETTY

    December 21, 2021 at 9:46 pm

    They are watching the sky because they think they can stop GOD

    • Leonard Flaro

      December 21, 2021 at 10:17 pm

      troll

  17. David Jamgochian

    December 21, 2021 at 10:01 pm

    Let Roll!!!????????

  18. joon????????

    December 21, 2021 at 10:06 pm

    When they send it into space

  19. Talha Bin Fahim

    December 21, 2021 at 10:11 pm

    Love the narration! Made for a great informative video :))

  20. EnsignUhTea

    December 21, 2021 at 10:22 pm

    Just here for Claire!… Oh cool space stuff!

  21. Chris Kiker

    December 21, 2021 at 11:54 pm

    This woman should never be allowed on your channel again (The host). To even bring up such a negative thing about James Webb (The man). About something in her own words was found not to be true. (Keep this woman away from the lunch site). to even bring that up this close to launch as hard as everyone has prepared for this is a disgrace. ???? Christmas Eve

    • The Ultimate Reductionist

      December 22, 2021 at 12:43 am

      “To even bring up such a negative thing about James Webb (The man)”
      I cannot stand her dumb puns and jokes, either. But, YOU sound like a PRO-CENSORSHIP nut who won’t even allow her to QUESTION NASA.
      Ok… she brought it up, AS IS HER FREE SPEECH RIGHT TO DO, NASA investigated: found no evidence James Webb fired people for their personal sexual freedom. Just stop with the self-righteous over-reacting grandstanding.

  22. Chad

    December 22, 2021 at 12:01 am

    She’s actually kinda funny

  23. The Ultimate Reductionist

    December 22, 2021 at 12:05 am

    3 more days: let’s see how many more delays.

  24. Emjay hip hop

    December 22, 2021 at 5:22 am

    I’m very excited oh my goodness when will it launches

  25. V. Mishra's art

    December 22, 2021 at 5:40 am

    Nice video????????

  26. hydrosonic

    December 22, 2021 at 5:51 am

    Great vid!

  27. Tanny k

    December 22, 2021 at 8:32 am

    I was excited alright but you made me hungry with those popcorn.

  28. Brett Zimmerman

    December 22, 2021 at 9:20 am

    This is going to be cool, new technology means better imaging, new discoveries of other solar systems, other life potentially. I’m excited to see what they capture.

  29. James Rapp

    December 22, 2021 at 9:28 am

    Cheers for the video mate ???? ???? p.s. you’re cute…????

  30. digambar Parab

    December 22, 2021 at 10:26 am

    Good luck JWST team! After launching JWST in deep space and nearby other stars and its planets in our Milkyway Galaxy, eagerly waiting to see some flying objects (aliens in secondary stage) in the sky as well as aliens in primary stage in our solar system also

  31. Christopher Nettles

    December 22, 2021 at 11:16 am

    Will we be able to get colored images?

    • NoYourself

      December 22, 2021 at 2:54 pm

      I believe the images will have to be artificially coloured because infra red light is not visible to the human eye

  32. Bobby Ortega

    December 22, 2021 at 12:15 pm

    I’m no science geek, but I myself am very interested to see what we discover!????????????

  33. child of God

    December 22, 2021 at 12:28 pm

    Ur going to see strand’s of a lightening type like of strand’s.ive seen them.remote veiwing.theyre coming forward

  34. jaylaw

    December 22, 2021 at 2:13 pm

    I think a tesla would be more technologically advanced than this thing and it didn’t take 25+ years and 10 billion dollars to build and perfect the first tesla. But that’s government for you.

  35. Kitten Korleone

    December 22, 2021 at 2:34 pm

    I hope it’ll see the moment when God spoke the universe into existence. Won’t that beat all?

  36. The Exoplanets Channel

    December 22, 2021 at 5:24 pm

    We will finally know whether *_our closest exoplanet is habitable!_*

  37. Prince F O

    December 22, 2021 at 6:38 pm

    Hire me NASA. No more postponing

  38. big bob 169

    December 22, 2021 at 7:36 pm

    I hope they bought the extended warrenty .

  39. derick rancho

    December 22, 2021 at 7:41 pm

    Am counting down. Can’t wait to see what life was like after the big bang

  40. K C

    December 22, 2021 at 7:42 pm

    Unfixable telesccope is just not worth it

  41. the internal dragon

    December 22, 2021 at 7:45 pm

    The James Webb Telescope is going up 6 in the morning on Christmas Day

  42. achingship

    December 22, 2021 at 7:54 pm

    She is Awesome, very well Explained ????

  43. n w

    December 22, 2021 at 8:15 pm

    should be assembled at ISS and hen launched

  44. Stephen wood

    December 22, 2021 at 9:18 pm

    If we look one way do we see the stars being born soon after the big bang
    And the galaxies hurtling away from us will we see what was before the big bang
    Mindblowing

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