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Roman Telescope Launches to Unlock Cosmic Secrets | Science News
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has launched flawlessly on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, poised to revolutionize cosmic discovery. With potential fuel savings from minimal course corrections, its mission may extend from five to ten years. En route to its million-mile destination, Roman will deploy two powerful instruments: a wide-field infrared camera—100 times broader than Hubble’s—and a coronagraph for exoplanet imaging. Scientists expect it to uncover billions of galaxies, tens of billions of stars, and thousands of new planets. Its first year will focus on our Milky Way’s core…
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