MinutePhysics — Where Do Galaxies Come From?

Name: MinutePhysics — Where Do Galaxies Come From?
Uploaded: 2026-10-09T08:57:17.008+00:00
Duration: PT174.8S
Channel: Henry Reich
Description: A hand-drawn whiteboard explainer that asks where the first galaxies came from, builds the answer from timelines, stick figures and star dots, and admits what is still unknown. It ends on a sponsor end card for the James Webb Space Telescope.

minutephysics @MinutePhysics

Talking-head explainer · Hand-drawn · Light UI · 175s

Length

174.8s

Beats

18· 177 hard cuts

Pace

6.2/min

Avg beat

9.7s

A hand-drawn whiteboard explainer that asks where the first galaxies came from, builds the answer from timelines, stick figures and star dots, and admits what is still unknown. It ends on a sponsor end card for the James Webb Space Telescope.

ExplainerHand-drawnLight UIMinimalVoiceoverCharactersHandwritten typeCaptionsMusic-ledEducationMedia

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Created by Henry Reich; music by Nathaniel Schroeder; supported by STScI and NASA's James Webb Space Telescope · Watch the original ↗ · Measurements and analysis by Cutmap.