NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch this weekend. When will we see its first photos?

NASA's next-generation cosmic observatory — the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — is set to launch this weekend on a potentially decade-long mission to hunt for distant exoplanets , map out the Milky Way and unravel some of the universe's biggest mysteries, such as the true nature of dark matter . The Roman telescope and its payload are scheduled to lift o

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  1. Record-Setting Wide Field of View: Roman's Wide-Field Instrument can image a sky area 100 times larger than imaging cameras on the Hubble Space Telescope in a single observation, dramatically accelerating cosmic surveys.
  2. Advanced Coronagraph for Exoplanet Imaging: Roman's Coronagraph Instrument is a technology demonstrator designed to directly image exoplanets by blocking the glare of their host stars, achieving starlight suppression 100 to 1,000 times better than existing space-based coronagraphs.
  3. High-Resolution Primary Mirror Specs: Roman features a 2.4-meter (7.9 ft) primary mirror, identical in size to Hubble's, providing high-resolution imaging capabilities across its vast celestial regions.

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