The James Webb telescope was damaged by a rain of micrometeoroids before it began scientific research. Explaining that the damage will not disrupt the James Webb telescope mission, NASA announced that “significant irreparable damage” occurred after the collision.
Damage to the James Webb telescope cannot be repaired
James Webb, who published his first image on July 12, continues to shed light on the unknown face of the universe. Announcing James Webb’s new mission, NASA will focus on targets that humanity doesn’t know much about, such as the TRAPPIST-1 system and Super-Earths.
Publishing a report on the James Webb telescope, NASA announced that the problem in question affects only one of the 18 hexagonal mirrors. The 55-page report states that James Webb is able to stay in office and outperforms expectations.
The team has tested the devices in recent months to detect any loss of functionality in the telescope. Underlining that the damage is not a problem, the team does not yet know whether it will cause other problems in the future.
Here are Webb’s 10 interesting observation targets
- Infrared early universe
- The most distant and oldest galaxies
- Jupiter-sized exoplanets
- 100 Galaxies at once
- Super Worlds
- TRAPPIST-1 system
- Organic molecules and planet birth
- Pillars of Creation
- Jupiter, its rings and moons
- Asteroids and Near-Earth Objects (NEO)
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