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  • Webb Telescope Shakes Off Impact From Tiny Space Rock

    Webb Telescope Shakes Off Impact From Tiny Space Rock

    NASA said today that one of the Webb Space Telescope’s primary mirror segments was hit by a micrometeoroid, a small asteroid fragment, between May 23 and May 25. Initial assessments of the telescope found that the spacecraft was still performing exceptionally well, though the effects of the impact were noticeable in recent data readouts.