Jamie Carter in Forbes:
Scientists are reporting that damage sustained to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) during a micrometeoroid strike in late May 2022 may be worse than first thought.
In a new paper published in the wake of Webb’s incredible first images last week a group of scientists outlined the performance of the space telescope during its commissioning phase.
They reported problems that “cannot be corrected” as well as a “small effect on the telescope throughput, which is not yet measurable.”
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