James Webb Space Telescope picture shows noticeable damage from micrometeoroid strike - Space.com

NASA is unsure how much of an effect space rocks will have on Webb's lifetime after the event 'exceeded prelaunch expectations of damage.'

A small space rock has proven to have a big effect on NASA's newly operational deep-space telescope. A micrometeoroid struck the James Webb Space Telescope between May 22 and 24, impacting one of th… [+4925 chars]

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