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  "id": 15210406,
  "title": "NASA’s Roman Space Telescope exceeds expectations by nearly 30%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/nasas-roman-space-telescope-exceeds-expectations-by-nearly-30",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-17T13:28:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily",
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    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261016070630.htm"
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  "summary": "NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has exceeded expectations after engineers made incredibly tiny adjustments to sharpen its view of the universe. By moving a mirror just one-sixteenth the width of a human hair, the team helped bring its powerful instruments into near-perfect alignment. Roman’s Wide Field Instrument now produces image quality nearly 30% better than predicted, promising…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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