Astronomers are getting better at gathering data about exoplanets. We have discovered thousands of them, measuring their mass, size, and orbital parameters, and we are starting to measure other aspects such as their temperature and atmospheric composition. Of course, the big hope is that in time we will discover the presence of life on some of these distant worlds, and perhaps even find evidence of an alien…

The Nancy Grace Roman space telescope, slated for launch in 2027, will explore the cosmic dawn and search for exoplanets in the Milky Way. The post Meet the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope first appeared on EarthSky.

The next major step in astronomy, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will see the big picture in terms of space.

NASA has awarded a contract extension to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore for the support services required for the agency's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Science Operations.

As part of a plan to prepare for the quantity and range of data that will be coming in from the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, currently scheduled to launch by May 2027, NASA has granted funding to five project infrastructure teams (PITs), which will write software, run simulations, and plot out optimal uses of the telescope's data stream.

Celebrating a scientist whose legacy can be felt across all astronomy

The powerful space telescope will take a vastly wider look at the universe than Hubble or the James Webb Space Telescope, potentially helping to unravel pressing cosmic mysteries.

The simulation features 33 million galaxies and 200,000 foreground stars.

The Roman telescope is coming soon to space, to bring a broad look at the skies.

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A vital subsystem for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was recently delivered to Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colorado, and installed in the spacecraft's Wide Field Instrument (WFI). Called the Simplified Relative Calibration System (sRCS), this component will allow astronomers to measure the total light output of cosmic objects like galaxies and supernovae with extreme accuracy. When Roman launches by May…

Scientists have created a gargantuan synthetic survey that shows what we can expect from the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's future observations. Though it represents just a small chunk of the real future survey, this simulated version contains a staggering number of galaxies—33 million of them, along with 200,000 foreground stars in our home galaxy.

Roman will be able to map the universe over a thousand times faster than Hubble, according to NASA.

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is poised to revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos as new research indicates it could detect a whopping 400 Earth-mass rogue planets.

Primordial black holes left over from the Big Bang and no wider than a dime could be a prime target for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope after it launches ...

Roman's eyes are being prepared for the cosmos!

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will hunt for the universe's first stars — or rather, what's left of them after they've been ripped apart by black holes.

A new study predicts that NASA's upcoming Roman space telescope will find 400 Earth-mass rogue planets. These worlds drift freely in space, unbound to any star. The post Rogue planets by the trillions in our Milky Way? first appeared on EarthSky.

The mission is projected to accumulate 20,000 terabytes of cosmic observations.

NASA has revealed how the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will grant astronomers the deepest view into the heart of the Milky Way ever as they hunt for...