NASA has unveiled its new Roman space telescope, designed to search for planets beyond our solar system while probing the universe’s biggest mysteries. Slated to launch in September, Roman is expected to find tens of thousands of new exoplanets and observe billions of galaxies. Its mission also targets clues about dark matter and dark energy.
Astronomers have identified exoplanet L98-59d, a super Earth about 1.6 times Earth’s size and roughly 35 light-years away. The planet is described as a scorching world with rivers of molten lava and surface temperatures around 1,900°C. The discovery adds another extreme target to study how rocky planets behave under intense heat.
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NASA says it has completed assembly of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope at its Goddard facility, ahead of a planned 2026 launch. The mission centers on a camera with a field of view about 100 times wider than Hubble, enabling sweeping space surveys to study dark energy, map galaxies, and spot distant exoplanet systems.
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