Cosmic Dawn

What does it take to gaze through time to our universe’s very first stars, galaxies, and light? “Cosmic Dawn: The Untold Story of the James Webb Space Telescope,” a NASA+ documentary, takes you behind the scenes of Webb’s journey, through the eyes of the dreamers who made it possible. The...

97 min - Space & the Universe - NASA

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