Roman's Future Contributions to Dark Energy and Exoplanets

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is designed to investigate dark energy by mapping billions of galaxies and studying supernovae, and to discover thousands of exoplanets, including Earth-like worlds, using its wide-field view and coronagraph instrument.

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• The 'Mother of Hubble': Nancy Grace Roman
• Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope | STScI
• Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope | Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC)
• Roman Space Telescope, discovering planets and exploring dark energy - The Planetary Society
• The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to launch on Sunday aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It has about the same sensitivity and sharpness as Hubble but a field of view at least 100 times larger. - Facebook
• Plans for Studying Dark Energy | NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

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