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Roman Space Telescope Captures First Light on Its Deep-Space Mission

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Roman Space Telescope Captures First Light on Its Deep-Space Mission
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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope achieved first light with its 300-megapixel infrared Wide Field Instrument, confirming the instrument is operational and cooling; the telescope, on its way to the L2 point, will eventually provide wide, high-resolution infrared views to probe dark matter, cosmic expansion, and exoplanets, building on the legacies of Hubble and JWST.

Topics:sciencespace-and-spaceflight#first-light#infrared-astronomy#nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope#nasa#space-and-spaceflight#wide-field-instrument
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  1. NASA’s New $4 Billion Space Telescope Just Saw Starlight for the First Time. Here’s What It Saw  Gizmodo
  2. NASA Activates Roman’s Primary Instrument, Checks Out Coronagraph  NASA Science (.gov)
  3. Roman Space Telescope starts waking up as NASA powers on instruments for the 1st time  Space
  4. NASA says new Roman telescope's lifespan could more than double, to 22 years  Reuters
  5. The Roman telescope has enough gas for 22 years, double NASA’s expectations  Ars Technica

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