See what the Webb telescope will see [video]
Take a sneak peek here at what NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope—the largest space-based observatory ever constructed—is likely to reveal. With Webb, astronomers aim to catch planets in the making and identify the universe’s first stars and galaxies, yet these are things no telescope—not even Hubble—has ever shown them before.
A series of visualizations were developed by a team at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications based at the University of Illinois. They created custom tools that can transform vast collection of data into an incredible journey of exploration.
“We take the actual data scientists have computed for their research and translate them into state-of-the-art cinematic experiences,” says Donna Cox, who led the team and directs the Advanced Visualization Laboratory.
Full story at Futurity.
