JWST was Recently Hit by a Surprisingly Large Micrometeoroid

Scientists and engineers for the James Webb Space Telescope revealed that since its deployment in space, the telescope has been struck at least five times by micrometeroids, with one recent strike by an object that was larger than what pre-launch models suggested that the telescope would likely encounter. In a NASA blog post, JWST team … Continue reading JWST was Recently Hit by a Surprisingly Large Micrometeoroid