NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now on its way to study the 'dark universe'
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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has launched and is now en route to conduct observations of the “dark universe,” focusing on dark matter and dark energy. The mission incorporates advanced instrumentation that represents a significant technological advancement for the observatory, enabling new capabilities in studying these fundamental cosmic components.
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How it was reported
- Wired·NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Has a Hidden Technological Leap
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will carry a coronagraph that uses two palm-sized active deformable mirrors, each equipped with about 2,300 actuators, to perform adaptive-optics wavefront control in space. Coupled with ultra-sensitive photon detectors and intricate mask “star shades,” the instrument will attempt direct imaging of reflected starlight from known exoplanets, providing the first test of this technology beyond Earth’s atmosphere.
- Hacker News·Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, named for NASA’s first chief astronomer, will possess a field of view at least 100 times larger than Hubble’s, enabling it to capture light from up to a billion galaxies over its mission. It can also block starlight to directly image exoplanets and planet-forming disks, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and address key questions in dark energy, exoplanet science, and infrared astrophysics.
- The Verge·The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches to study dark matter and dark energy
- Engadget·NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now on its way to study the 'dark universe'
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center, deploying its solar panels and sunshade and beginning instrument activation. It will image sky areas 100 times larger than Hubble, transmit 1.4 TB of data daily, and measure light from a billion galaxies while probing dark matter, dark energy, exoplanets and planet-forming disks, with first images expected in early 2027.