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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.
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Webb Telescope Brings a Star Into Focus as It Completes ‘Image Stacking’ Alignment Phase
The Webb telescope has completed the third stage in aligning its mirrors, a crucial process for getting state-of-the-art imagery out of this $US10 ($14) billion space telescope. The feat comes right on time as the telescope heads into the second month of its three-month alignment period.
