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How Roman will unlock the universe

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope - the first space observatory named for a woman - is poised to become one of ...

NASA’s New Space Telescope Is Poised to Discover Hidden Facets of the Universe

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is expected to discover as many as 200,000 new planets and reveal details about the ...
Scientific American

NASA’s newest telescope is about to rewrite how we study the universe

Astronomers are lining up to leverage NASA’s soon-to-launch Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which boasts capabilities ...
Scientific American

Can NASA’s Roman Space Telescope solve the biggest problem in the universe?

The more scientists try to understand dark energy, the more its mysteries seem to grow. NASA’s newest space telescope is ...
Nature

The Roman telescope is about to take planet-hunting to the next level

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch shortly, could find 40 times the number of distant worlds as have ...
The Economist

The universe is peculiar. But it may soon become less so

Central to their findings is a phenomenon called dark energy. This was discovered in 1998, when astronomers found that the ...

29 years later, the best cosmic sci-fi thriller of all time is officially free to stream

Nothing quite captures deep existential dread like cosmic horror. Instead of relying on traditional sources of terror, like ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Once the Solar System’s Ninth Planet, Pluto Was Reclassified 20 Years Ago. Here’s Why Planetary Scientists and the Public Alike Love the Small Icy Body

A 24-year-old observatory assistant from the Midwest discovered Pluto. Clyde Tombaugh, born in 1906 in Streator, Illinois, ...
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Scientists discover an Earth-like planet right next door

A rocky world orbiting inside the habitable zone of a nearby red dwarf has drawn interest from astronomers. The exoplanet known as GJ 3378b sits roughly 25 light-years away from us in the ...