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NASA Mission Explores Universe's Deepest Mysteries
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, launched by NASA, is now on its way to its final orbit, where it will begin a five-year survey of the universe’s deepest mysteries, including dark matter and dark energy. The telescope, named after NASA’s first chief astronomer, carries a mirror of the same diameter as Hubble’s and will produce images just as sharp, but each exposure will take in at least 100 times more sky. The mission is part of an extended international effort to probe the universe’s structure and history, and its findings may have significant implications for our understanding of the cosmos. This development was reported by an unknown source.