Astronomie: Neues Weltraumteleskop „Nancy Grace Roman“ ist gestartet
Mehr als 35 Jahre ist „Hubble“ schon im Einsatz, entsprechend altersschwach ist das Weltraumteleskop. Jetzt ist ein Nachfolger ins All gestartet. Er ist deutlich leistungsstärker.
NASA launched a new space telescope called the "Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope," named after one of the first female leaders at NASA. This telescope, launched using SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral, is expected to reach its 1.6 million kilometer orbit around Earth in about a month. The mission's total budget exceeds four billion dollars.
Astronomers will use the telescope to study exoplanets, exploding stars, and black holes, according to NASA. The telescope is expected to send back more than 500 terabytes of data per year. Similar to the Hubble Space Telescope, launched in 1990, but more powerful and faster, the Hubble would need a century to gather the data the "Nancy Grace Roman" will collect in a single month.
The "Nancy Grace Roman" is expected to collect over 500 terabytes of data per year, compared to the Hubble's 400 terabytes over 35 years. "Nancy Grace Roman" is a complement to the Hubble, launched in late 2021, which operates in different frequency ranges.
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