"Webb's Trippy 3D Animation Takes You on a Time-Traveling Journey to Ancient Galaxies"

The Space Telescope Science Institute has created a trippy 3D animation that takes viewers on a journey through deep space to see light from about 13.4 billion years ago. The visualization focuses on the Extended Groth Strip, a dim region near the Big Dipper, and zooms past increasingly ancient galaxies, ending at Maisie's Galaxy, one of the oldest galaxies seen by the Webb Space Telescope. Webb's ability to peer far into space allows astronomers to study galaxy evolution and the birth of stars, revealing that even in the ancient universe, galaxy evolution was more advanced than previously thought.