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NASA launches powerful new Roman Space Telescope from Florida

The $4.3 billion observatory will scan the sky 1,000 times faster than Hubble and could find more than 100,000 exoplanets, NASA said.

  • NASA launched the Roman Space Telescope on August 30 from Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to map the cosmos and study dark matter and dark energy during a multi-year mission.
  • The Roman Space Telescope features a field of view over 100 times wider than Hubble's and will operate from a point approximately 1.5 million kilometers from Earth.
  • It will generate about 1.3 terabytes of data daily, providing scientists and the public with unprecedented access to celestial observations.
  • Scientists hope Roman will clarify questions about the universe's structure and expansion, possibly confirming or challenging existing cosmological models and revealing unexpected discoveries.
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The United States launched a state-of-the-art space telescope to uncover the new secrets of the universe into space on the 30th (local time). NASA launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:26 a.m. on that day (8:26 p.m. on the 30th KST). The telescope entered orbit approximately 10 minutes after launch. The United States' third space

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ScienceBlog.com broke the news on Saturday, August 29, 2026.
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