NASA launches Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to shed light on the dark universe
NASA has successfully launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to study dark energy, dark matter, and exoplanets. The observatory will operate from the second Sun–Earth Lagrange point for at least a decade.
Why it matters
This mission represents a significant advancement in space exploration and our fundamental understanding of the universe's composition.
NASA has successfully launched the $4.3bn Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope . The observatory took off atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center at 7:26 a.m. local time on 30 August. The craft will now spend three months travelling to a point in space known as the second Sun–Earth Lagrange point (L 2 ) where it will survey space with a field of view at least 100 times greater than the Hubble Space Telescope.
From L 2 , which lies about 1.6 million kilometres from Earth, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will yield insights into dark energy and dark matter, discover and characterize exoplanets, map billions of galaxies, and gain fresh understanding of black holes.
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