
What are you most excited for NASA’s Roman Space Telescope to find?
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NASA‘s latest space telescope has officially taken its first photos of our universe. Launched on Aug. 30, the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope is on its way to Lagrange point L2, a “parking spot” in space about a million miles (1.6 million kilometers) from Earth where it will begin scanning deep space.
Using its 300-megapixel camera, Roman captured hundreds of stars as green rings of light. The telescope’s Wide Field Instrument hasn’t been fully focused yet, which is why these balls of gas appear blurry in the debut test image. But once the instrument is calibrated over the next few months, it should produce images as clear as those taken by the Hubble Space Telescope — but which cover an area 100 times larger. Astronomers hope to use these images to help solve some of the biggest mysteries in our universe, including the possible source of dark energy and the search for alien life.
With Roman’s first test images now available, what are you most excited about for the future of this space telescope? Answer in the poll below, and let us know your thoughts in the comments!
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