NASA's new space telescope goes beyond Hubble
NASA's next-generation observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, is officially launching to revolutionize how we map the universe. While the $4 billion telescope shares the same 2.4-meter primary mirror size as Hubble, it has been engineered with a wide-angle infrared camera that is drastically more powerful. Rather than replacing older observatories, it will serve as a wide-field companion to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Hubble.
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