Planetary Formation: James Webb Space Telescope Science
Channel: James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Date: 2010-10-19

Stars and planets form in the dark, inside vast, cold clouds of gas and dust. The James Webb Space Telescope's large mirror and infrared sensitivity will let astronomers peer inside dusty knots where the youngest stars and planets are forming. 

These videos were developed to highlight the science that will be peformed by the James Webb Space Telescope.

More information: http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/videos_science.html

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/features/supercomputer­-preview.html

You can download this video: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010600/a010659/index.html

Credit: NASA/GSFC