NASA Launches Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to Explore Dark Energy and Exoplanets

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Published: 2026-10-16T07:21:00Z
Category: science
Source: Nacionale

NASA has launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, an infrared observatory designed to investigate dark energy, dark matter, exoplanets, and galaxies. The telescope is expected to discover thousands of planets and hundreds of dark black holes over the next five years using microlensing, and will stream 1.4 terabytes of data daily for global access.

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