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  "title": "NASA's newest space telescope launches on a quest to explore the hidden universe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/nasas-newest-space-telescope-launches-on-a-quest-to-explore-the-4419227",
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  "published": "2026-08-30T12:30:06.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/30/nasas-newest-telescope-launches-on-a-quest-to-explore-the-universe.html"
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  "summary": "NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a $4.3 billion project, has been launched into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The telescope, named after NASA's first chief astronomer, will take over three months to reach its destination, a point in space about a million miles from Earth called Lagrange Point 2.\n\nThe Roman Space Telescope is designed to investigate cosmic enigmas such as dark energy and dark matter, while also testing gravity at vast scales and searching for exoplanets. According to CBS News, it will use a Hubble-class mirror and a wide-field 300-megapixel camera to map the large-scale structure of the cosmos and search for clues about dark energy and dark matter.\n\nThe telescope's mission is planned for five years, though it may have enough fuel for five additional years. During its mission, Roman is expected to catalog some 20 billion stars, 2 billion or more individual galaxies, tens of thousands of supernova blasts, and countless transient events. It will also help discover thousands of new exoplanets, with the goal of increasing the current number of 6,200 exoplanets to over 100,000.",
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        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "NASA’s newest space telescope launches on a quest to explore the hidden universe",
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        "title": "NASA's newest space telescope launches on a quest to explore the hidden universe",
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        "published": "2026-08-30T12:30:06.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "NASA’s newest space telescope launches on a quest to explore the hidden universe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/nasas-newest-space-telescope-launches-on-a-quest-to-explore-the-4426530",
        "published": "2026-08-30T12:53:02.000Z"
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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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