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SpaceX launches NASA's Roman Space Telescope for cosmic discovery

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SpaceX successfully launched NASA's Roman Space Telescope aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket, marking a significant advancement in astronomical observation. The $4.3 billion telescope, designed to explore dark matter and energy, will survey the cosmos with an unprecedentedly wide field of view. It is expected to discover thousands of supernovae, tens of thousands of planets, and billions of galaxies, working in conjunction with other powerful telescopes like Webb and Hubble. AI

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SpaceX launches NASA's Roman Space Telescope for cosmic discovery

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press ·

    SpaceX launches NASA’s newest crown-jewel telescope, which will look for ‘the weird, the rare and the unusual’ — including dark matter and energy

    “It’s going to find thousands of supernovae, tens of thousands of planets, billions of galaxies and tens of billions of stars.”

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