A high-speed dust-size micrometeoroid slammed into one of the James Webb Space Telescope's 18 primary mirror segments last month, causing a slight but noticeable effect on the segment's performance, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Don’t panic! But sometime between May 23 and 25, 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope was hit by a micrometeoroid, a tiny piece of ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope sustained minor damage to its primary mirrors from a micrometeoroid impact between May 23 and 25. Despite the impact being larger than initially tested for, the ...

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — NASA says its new James Webb Space Telescope is still operating beyond mission requirements despite being smacked by an object likely about the size of a piece of dust. In a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope sustained a dust-sized micrometeoroid impact to a primary mirror segment. The impact occurred between May 23 and 25. NASA assured that the $10 billion telescope is still ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A high-speed dust-size micrometeoroid slammed into one of the James Webb Space Telescope's 18 primary mirror segments last month, ...

The moon has no significant atmosphere, no weather, and no wind. Yet it faces an invisible bombardment more relentless than any terrestrial storm, a constant rain of micrometeoroids, tiny fragments of ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently suffered a micrometeoroid strike to one of its 18 primary mirror segments, though engineers working on the mission insist the damage has been minimal. The ...

The James Webb Space Telescope was in development for years, but only launched five months ago. Credit: Alex Wong / Getty Images When you're a new parent, every little bump and bruise concerning your ...

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NASA's James Webb space telescope has been hit by a micrometeoroid. The space agency shared the news earlier this month. It says the micrometeoroid hit the telescope sometime between May 23 and 25.