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NASA's Telescope Set to Uncover Thousands of Exoplanets

4/11/2025

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Get ready for an astronomical adventure! NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch in fall 2026, with a mission to uncover thousands of exoplanets in our Milky Way. Partnering with Japan's JAXA, the telescope will use gravitational microlensing to spot distant worlds, while also probing dark energy and searching for signs of life in exoplanet atmospheres.

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Get ready for an astronomical adventure! NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch in fall 2026, with a mission to uncover thousands of exoplanets in our Milky Way. Partnering with Japan's JAXA, the telescope will use gravitational microlensing to spot distant worlds, while also probing dark energy and searching for signs of life in exoplanet atmospheres.