“That whole process of galaxies forming and evolving over 13 plus billion years, we’ve learned a lot about that. But we’re really missing a key piece of that puzzle and that is how galaxies got their start. So that’s the piece we haven’t seen yet and that’s what the James Webb Space Telescope will allow us to see for the very first time.” Dr. Amber Straughn and Dr. John Mather talk about the quest to find out how galaxies have evolved over billions of years in this video.

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Sophia Roberts

Michael McClare