NASA says new space telescope will create 'atlas of the universe'
Summary
NASA introduced the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope, which will study the universe to find new planets and explore dark matter and dark energy. The telescope will launch in September 2026 on a SpaceX rocket and will collect large amounts of data using infrared technology.Key Facts
- The telescope is named after Nancy Grace Roman, who helped develop the Hubble telescope.
- It has a field of view 100 times larger than Hubble's, enabling wide scans of space.
- Roman will look for tens of thousands of planets outside our solar system.
- It will study billions of galaxies, thousands of exploding stars (supernovae), and tens of billions of stars.
- The telescope uses infrared vision to observe light from billions of years ago.
- It aims to investigate dark matter and dark energy, which make up about 95% of the universe.
- The telescope will send about 11 terabytes of data to Earth daily.
- The launch is planned for September 2026 or later aboard a SpaceX rocket.
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