- The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to launch on 30 August aboard an Elon Musk SpaceX rocket from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.
- This new observatory will be capable of capturing images at least 100 times larger than the existing Hubble telescope.
- Its mission includes studying thousands of planets beyond our solar system to determine their resemblance to Earth and conducting a statistical census of planetary systems.
- The telescope will also investigate the riddle of dark energy and its role in the universe's accelerating expansion.
- Named after Nasa’s first chief astronomer, the Roman telescope is expected to conduct revolutionary surveys that will impact every area of astronomy.
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