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Feb 5, 2023

NASA Finds the Culprit Behind a Webb Telescope Malfunction: Powerful Cosmic Rays

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An instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope suffered an interruption on January 15, and the likely culprit was a cosmic ray.


NASA and the Canadian Space Agency suspect that a cosmic ray strike is to blame for an anomaly on the James Webb Space Telescope.

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