A micrometeor just smacked into the Webb Space Telescope — it wasn't the first - Inverse

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A micrometeor just smacked into the Webb Space Telescope — it wasn't the first - Inverse. View article details on HISWAI: https://www.inverse.com/science/webb-micrometeor-hit

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... beryllium coated hexagons that will enable us to observe the universe. ... Despite positioning Webb at a relatively clean area of space called ...

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