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Roman Telescope’s 300-Megapixel Camera Activates, Producing Blurry 'Green Donuts' During Commissioning
space16 days ago

Roman Telescope’s 300-Megapixel Camera Activates, Producing Blurry 'Green Donuts' During Commissioning

NASA successfully activated the Wide Field Instrument on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, capturing initial test images that appear as blurry, green-hued star halos. These images confirm the 300-megapixel camera is operational, though full calibration and focus adjustments are still months away. The telescope is currently en route to the Sun-Earth L2 point, where it will begin a primary mission potentially lasting 22 years.

via Boing Boing|
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Neon-green first light for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
space19 days ago

Neon-green first light for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope activated its 300-megapixel infrared camera for the first time, producing a neon-green test image of hundreds of stars. The commissioning run is part of Roman's journey to the L2 orbit; once fully tuned, it will image areas about 100 times larger than Hubble and transmit roughly 1.4 terabytes of data per day. The mission's built-in coronagraph will enable high-contrast exoplanet observations, and NASA says the 10-year plan could extend to about 22 years with thruster performance and extra fuel.

via Live Science|
#exoplanets#infrared#nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope
Roman Space Telescope Captures First Light on Its Deep-Space Mission
space-and-spaceflight22 days ago

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

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.

via Gizmodo|
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NASA's Roman Space Telescope kicks off a sweeping cosmic survey.
space1 month ago

NASA's Roman Space Telescope kicks off a sweeping cosmic survey.

NASA launches the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a wide-field observatory with a 2.4-meter mirror and a 300-megapixel camera designed to map about 12% of the sky—100 times the field of view of Hubble—surveying billions of galaxies, thousands of exoplanets, and the universe's dark energy and dark matter. It will downlink roughly 1.4 terabytes of data per day (about 20 petabytes over five years) from a Sun-Earth L2 orbit, with a coronagraph for direct exoplanet imaging and first science images expected by year-end.

via Ars Technica|
#dark-energy#dark-matter#exoplanets
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope set for Falcon Heavy liftoff
space-exploration1 month ago

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope set for Falcon Heavy liftoff

Space.com provides live updates as NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to launch on Aug. 30 at 7:26 a.m. EDT atop SpaceX's Falcon Heavy from Cape Canaveral's LC‑39A, aiming to study dark energy and exoplanets and to reach the Sun–Earth L2 point, with prelaunch briefings and weather reviews underway ahead of liftoff and subsequent checkout.

via Space|
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Roman Space Telescope Gets Ready for Falcon Heavy Liftoff
space-exploration1 month ago

Roman Space Telescope Gets Ready for Falcon Heavy Liftoff

Space.com reports NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on track for an Aug. 30 liftoff at 7:26 a.m. EDT atop SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center’s LC-39A. The observatory has been delivered to SpaceX, will undergo final checks after a Flight Readiness Review, and is set for prelaunch briefings with live coverage. If weather delays occur, a back-up window opens Aug. 31. Once launched, Roman will travel to the Earth–Sun L2 point to study dark energy, search for exoplanets, and advance our understanding of the cosmos.

via Space|
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Roman Space Telescope poised for Falcon Heavy lift from Kennedy Space Center
space-exploration1 month ago

Roman Space Telescope poised for Falcon Heavy lift from Kennedy Space Center

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is go for Aug. 30, 2026, launch atop SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center (LC-39A) at 7:26 a.m. EDT, after a mission Flight Readiness Review. The observatory will travel to Earth–Sun L2 (~930,000 miles away) with a multistage checkout to follow. Weather looks favorable with a small chance of showers; a backup window exists for Aug. 31 if needed. after launch, it will spend about 30 days reaching L2 and ~3 months on checkout before starting exoplanet, dark energy and distant-star science.

via Space|
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Roman Space Telescope Aims for a Wide-Angle View of the Universe
space1 month ago

Roman Space Telescope Aims for a Wide-Angle View of the Universe

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch Aug. 30 and will map the cosmos with a field of view at least 100 times larger than Hubble, thanks to its Wide Field Instrument and a 300-megapixel infrared camera, plus a coronagraph to spot exoplanets. Operating near the Sun-Earth L2 point, Roman will study dark energy, dark matter, and the abundance of planets, potentially observing more than a billion galaxies in its first five years and complementing the deep infrared work of JWST.

via USA Today|
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NASA's Roman Space Telescope: a spy-built infrared eye to map dark matter and distant worlds
science1 month ago

NASA's Roman Space Telescope: a spy-built infrared eye to map dark matter and distant worlds

NASA is preparing to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope by August 2026. Built from former spy-telescope hardware, it will survey a wide swath of the sky to map the three-dimensional distribution of dark matter, measure the universe’s expansion with supernovae, detect rogue planets via microlensing, and test coronagraphic techniques to image Earth-like planets, using 18 large near-infrared detectors totaling about 300 megapixels—advancing detector technology that underpins Webb-era astronomy and laying groundwork for the Habitable Worlds Observatory.

via The Conversation|
#dark-energy#dark-matter#infrared-detectors
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Launches to Map Dark Matter and Seek Exoplanets
space1 month ago

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Launches to Map Dark Matter and Seek Exoplanets

NASA is launching the $4 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, an infrared observatory that will orbit at L2 after liftoff from Kennedy Space Center aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. Equipped with a 300-megapixel Wide Field Instrument and a coronagraph, Roman will survey about 12% of the sky with images far sharper than Hubble, enabling three main goals: map dark matter via weak gravitational lensing, measure the expansion of the universe with distant supernovae, and hunt for exoplanets—using microlensing and direct imaging—to study galaxy clustering, cosmic history, and dark energy. The mission will generate a massive data set as it looks for worlds and seeks clues to fundamental questions in astrophysics.

via Gizmodo|
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Watch NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launch Live on Aug 30
space1 month ago

Watch NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launch Live on Aug 30

NASA will televise the launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Aug. 30, 2026, with live coverage beginning at 6:20 a.m. ET and liftoff no earlier than 7:26 a.m. ET atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center. The telescope, named for NASA's former chief of astronomy, features a field of view at least 100 times larger than Hubble’s and will study dark energy while using coronagraphic techniques to image exoplanets. If Aug. 30 slips, a backup window is set for Aug. 31 at 7:22 a.m. ET, and NASA will host prelaunch briefings on Aug. 29.

via Engadget|
#exoplanets#live-launch-coverage#nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope Set for Aug. 30 Falcon Heavy Launch
space-exploration1 month ago

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope Set for Aug. 30 Falcon Heavy Launch

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on track for an Aug. 30 liftoff from Kennedy Space Center aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy. The observatory will spend about 30 days en route to the sun–Earth L2 point (roughly 1.5 million km from Earth), followed by a multi‑month checkout before it begins surveys for exoplanets and dark energy and investigates distant stars.

via Space|
#dark-energy#exoplanets#nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: Named for a Pioneer, Not Nancy Grace the TV Host
science1 month ago

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: Named for a Pioneer, Not Nancy Grace the TV Host

Fox Business host Ashley Webster misidentified NASA's upcoming telescope as being named after Nancy Grace, but the mission honors Nancy Grace Roman, NASA's first chief astronomer and 'mother' of the Hubble Space Telescope. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, completed in 2025 and set to launch Aug 30, will survey about 1 billion galaxies and help uncover roughly 200,000 exoplanets, with an observation range at least 100 times larger than Hubble's; the name survived funding cuts during the Trump era after Congressional intervention.

via Gizmodo|
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