the james webb telescope had a bit of a space fender bender. one of the 18 golden segments of the telescope s giant mirror was hit by a micrometeoroid which is smaller than a grain of sand, according to an update from nasa. sorry, i can t see that. but don t worry, the space observatory is on track to share its first high resolution full color images on july 12th. if you look up to the skies and think you re enjoying a starry night, you minute looking at something else entirely. thousands of small satellites are currently or bitting the earth and threatening to forever change our view of the night sky. cnn s kristin fisher has more. reporter: here in this remote stretch of saskatchewan, a chance to see the brilliance of the night sky. that s so cool. reporter: but astronomer samantha lawler says that s changing and fast, as more and
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unlike hubble, the £7.5 billion spacecraft will go beyond earth s orbit. 930 miles into deep space. once in space, it unfurls its giant mirror and delpoys its instruments. the space telescope is much more powerful than hubble and it will be able to analyse the atmospheres of worlds orbiting distant stars to see if there are signs of life. it will also be able to witness the birth of the very first stars. this is a simulation of that critical moment. the purple areas are clouds of hydrogen gas becoming ever denser until they form stars,