Webb witnessed a highly ionised gas whose level of energy was too high to come from something like supernovae, making scientists believe the presence of a supermassive black hole.

Alan Garber has found himself at the centre of what’s an intense battle between the US’s most powerful institution – the president’s office – and academia.

USAC announced the termination of Whitaker, Nijjar and Gona in February this year after their ethics committee corroborated the charges of ‘wreaking havoc on other board directors, including by disrupting meetings, ignoring their obligations, breaching confidentiality, publicising false allegations about the board and putting their interests above the organizations’ leveled against the trio.