NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, launching on a Falcon Heavy on 30 August 2026, carries a mirror the size of Hubble's but sees a patch of sky about a hundred times wider, built mainly to map dark energy and hunt for planets - Space Daily

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Aug 3, 2026

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, launching on a Falcon Heavy on 30 August 2026, carries a mirror the size of Hubble's but sees a patch of sky about a hundred times wider, built mainly to map dark energy and hunt for planets - Space Daily

A Hubble-sized mirror with a hundred times wider view will hunt for the universe's darkest secrets and worlds beyond our solar system.

NASA’s next great observatory is finished, fuelled and nearly ready to fly. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to launch on 30 August 2026 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from the Kenned… [+4844 chars]

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