#‘Micrometeorite’ hits NASA’s $10B ‘time-traveling’ telescope
“‘Micrometeorite’ hits NASA’s $10B ‘time-traveling’ telescope” A tiny piece of rock has just smashed into NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope. Recently, one of James Webb’s 18 mirrors was hit by a micrometeorite – or a piece of meteorite so small it could pass through Earth’s atmosphere without burning up. While this can be problematic as impacts…