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Roman Telescope Launches to Unlock Universe | Rochester News
NASA’s new Roman Space Telescope just blasted off on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, soaring toward a million-mile orbit to join the Webb Telescope. This bus-sized behemoth is built for speed and scale—surveying thousands of supernovae, tens of thousands of planets, and billions of galaxies, 100 times faster than Hubble. With a field of view that dwarfs its predecessor, Roman will unlock secrets of dark energy and dark matter, mapping cosmic expansion like never before. It even has a starlight-blocking instrument to directly image exoplanets—yes, it’s not hunting aliens yet, but it’s laying the…
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