What Happened
New Flagship Observatory Explores Dark Energy and Dark Matter
NASA has launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a $4 billion project, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The telescope will investigate cosmic mysteries such as dark energy and dark matter, and create a 3D map of the universe. The mission is expected to last five years, with the possibility of an additional five years of operation. The Roman telescope will build on the capabilities of other orbiting observatories, such as the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope. This launch was reported by Reuters.