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NASA's Telescope Set to Uncover Milky Way's Secrets

11/25/2025

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  • NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will measure seismic waves from over 300,000 red giant stars, producing the largest asteroseismic sample to date.
  • It will conduct the Galactic Bulge Time-Domain Survey, observing millions of stars to search for exoplanets via gravitational microlensing.
  • Researchers anticipate the sample could include up to 648,000 red giants.
  • The data will improve understanding of star properties and planetary systems and reveal the Milky Way's history.