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The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and astrophysics.

Future Mission

WHAT

Investigate Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Exoplanets, and Other Mysteries

HOW

Roman's Instruments and What They Can Do

NEWS

Roman Telescope Updates

Named after NASA’s first chief astronomer, the ‘mother of the Hubble Space Telescope,’ the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will have a field of view at least 100 times larger than Hubble's, potentially measuring light from a billion galaxies in its lifetime. This observatory will also be able to block starlight to directly see exoplanets and planet-forming disks, complete a statistical census of planetary systems in our galaxy, and settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.

Type

Space Telescope

Launch

By May 2027

Target

Universe, Exoplanets

Objective

Settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and astrophysics
In September 2024, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope passed a key milestone and was approved for the next stage of construction. Work on the main systems that will make up the final spacecraft is finishing, and the team at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center is ready to begin integration, the process of connecting them together. This video celebrates the effort to reach the final stages of assembly.
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Credit : NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Roman Stories

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Team Preps to Study Dark Energy via Exploding Stars With NASA’s Roman

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Jamie Dunn

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NASA Successfully Joins Sunshade to Roman Observatory’s ‘Exoskeleton’

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NASA Scientists Spot Candidate for Speediest Exoplanet System

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Hsiao Smith

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Special Features

Roman's Wide Field Instrument

Search for the hidden clues to understanding the Wide Field Instrument in this retro video game inspired NASA poster

The Wide-Field Instrument (WFI), the primary instrument aboard NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, is a 300-megapixel visible and infrared...

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Wide Field Instrument Poster
Roman WFI Poster
NASA, JPL

Roman's Coronagraph Instrument

Search for the hidden clues to understanding the Coronagraph in this pinball game inspired NASA poster

NASA’s Roman Coronagraph Instrument will greatly advance our ability to directly image exoplanets, or planets and disks around other stars....

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Coronagraph Instrument Poster
Roman Coronagraph Poster
NASA, JPL
Featured Story

How NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Will Chronicle the Active Cosmos

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will pair space-based observations with a broad field of view to unveil the dynamic…

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View the Roman Space Telescope from every angle, check the completion status, and discover where the pieces are being built.

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