1 00:00:05,590 --> 00:00:03,350 the history of stars is written in the 2 00:00:07,909 --> 00:00:05,600 light of the countless galaxies in which 3 00:00:09,990 --> 00:00:07,919 they reside 4 00:00:12,230 --> 00:00:10,000 staring long enough and even a small 5 00:00:15,030 --> 00:00:12,240 patch of sky like hubble's ultra deep 6 00:00:16,630 --> 00:00:15,040 field will reveal thousands of distant 7 00:00:19,189 --> 00:00:16,640 galaxies 8 00:00:21,189 --> 00:00:19,199 but the image of a galaxy tells only 9 00:00:23,910 --> 00:00:21,199 part of the story 10 00:00:26,950 --> 00:00:23,920 by spreading the galaxy's light out into 11 00:00:29,830 --> 00:00:26,960 a spectrum astronomers can learn about 12 00:00:31,990 --> 00:00:29,840 the ages of its stars its star formation 13 00:00:34,549 --> 00:00:32,000 history and more 14 00:00:36,950 --> 00:00:34,559 the best way to get the whole story 15 00:00:40,069 --> 00:00:36,960 would be to reveal the spectra of every 16 00:00:42,470 --> 00:00:40,079 galaxy in an image all at once 17 00:00:44,709 --> 00:00:42,480 fortunately nasa's dancy grace roman 18 00:00:46,709 --> 00:00:44,719 space telescope has hardware designed to 19 00:00:49,110 --> 00:00:46,719 do just that 20 00:00:51,270 --> 00:00:49,120 even better its remarkably large field 21 00:00:52,950 --> 00:00:51,280 of view can cover the area of a hundred 22 00:00:54,630 --> 00:00:52,960 ultra deep fields in a single 23 00:00:57,189 --> 00:00:54,640 observation 24 00:00:59,029 --> 00:00:57,199 such a bounty of galaxy spectra will 25 00:01:01,270 --> 00:00:59,039 help astronomers discover hidden 26 00:01:02,380 --> 00:01:01,280 chapters in the universe's history of