Webb Space Telescope 'unexpectedly' finds its smallest asteroid yet
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The James Webb Space Telescope may have accidentally discovered an asteroid that NASA says is likely the smallest observed to date by the $10 billion-dollar observatory.
The space rock was found when analyzing data from the calibration of the Mid-InfraRed (MIRI) Instrument. Julia Musto is a reporter for Fox News and Fox Business Digital.
While more observations are necessary to better characterize this object’s nature and properties, it may be an example of an object measuring fewer than 0.6 miles in length within the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
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