NASA has come up with new ways to mitigate the damage caused to James Webb by dust-sized micrometeoroids that hit it.
to the telescope’s mirror. Now, NASA is looking at new ways to help Webb avoid future micrometeoroid hits, or at least mitigate the damage they do.
The main way that NASA engineers plan to help cut down on the possibility of damage to the space telescope is to
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