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The United States caused a stir in the world of cosmic science on Tuesday with its National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) revealing the first images of space that was beyond human understanding of the universe. With its James Webb Telescope, the scientists showed the world images of expostars and cluster of galaxies that were considered beyond human reach so far.

The NASA released the first four pictures of the peaks and troughs of a cluster of distant galaxies that will change perception and understanding about the universe, and its origins.

NASA said about the images:

“The sharpest image of the universe, dating back several billion years, has been released by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The picture was taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. The pictures show parts of the universe as they were 13 billion years ago.”

The first color image obtained with the help of the James Webb telescope, which was named the largest scientific project of the 21st century, was launched on December 25 last year. The James Webb Telescope was named the successor to the Hubble Telescope.

These are some of the images of the ancient universe posted by NASA Webb telecscope on Twitter:

Our faces right now ↘️ https://t.co/KERdZtqLTe

— NASA Webb Telescope (@NASAWebb) July 12, 2022

India has some special link to the project and the discovery as three Indian brains were also involved in this discovery. Indians included Dr. Hashima Hasan, Deputy Project Scientist, James Webb Space Telescope

Besides, Kalyani Sakhatme, project manager of Mid Infrared Instrument, one of the telescopic devices and Karthik Sheth, a program scientist in the Astrophysics Division within the Science Mission Directorate are also behind the oproject.

Sheth’s portfolio includes handling the James Webb Space Telescope, Sofia, Spitzer and Origins Space Telescope, and the Hubble Fellowship Program.

Hashima Hasan hails from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh and was eucated at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.

Born in Lucknow Dr. Hashima Hasan is also the Education and Communications Lead for Astrophysics and the Executive Secretary of the Astrophysics Advisory Committee of the US government.

The NASA James Webb Telescope Mission at its Washington office

As Deputy Program Scientist, her work involves overseeing and managing the science program for Telescope, according to the WebSpace Telescope website. She makes sure that her mission is possible and true to NASA's strategic goals.

Her love for space began when she was five years old. In a video released by NASA, Dr. Hasan explains how he became interested in space. “I grew up in India and was first fascinated by space when my grandmother took us all to the backyard to see Sputnik. I was five years old at the time. I was really excited and wanted to be a scientist,” she says.

Hashima Hasan's articles have been published in various peer-reviewed journals, such as the Astrophysical Journal, Icarus, and Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

She has received several prestigious awards and fellowships. Hashmi has graduated from AMU and studied at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIRF) Mumbai, Mumbai. She also worked at the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), Trombay, Mumabi.

She received her doctorate in theoretical nuclear physics from Oxford University and joined NASA in 1994 where she served asa program scientist for several missions.

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