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James Webb Space Telescope sends the clearest image of the early universe.

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On July 12th 2022, Nasa released a bunch of photos, that were taken by James Webb. In this blog, I shall explain the pictures and what it means for the future of Astronomy, Astrophysics and our overall understanding of the universe. James Webb is created to perform Infrared Astronomy, primarily. It is the biggest optical telescope, we've made till date. While Hubble was our only eyes to watch and perceive the universe, it was relatively wea k in  clicking picture of faraway places or older parts of the universe. This distant, old and faint object can be seen through Infrared lens and that is why we have James Webb looking at the universe . By taking the pictures of older galaxies, it will enrich our knowledge of our universe in its early stages. We'll be able to see the first stars in our universe, and watch the formation of galaxies, something we couldn't do with Hubble. Now there are four key goals of this telescope: Looking for the light of the oldest star and galaxies t