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  "title": "Nasa launches Roman telescope on cosmic mapping mission",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/nasa-launches-roman-telescope-on-cosmic-mapping-mission-4427522",
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  "published": "2026-08-30T12:10:21.000Z",
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        "title": "NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches to Find Exoplanets and Unravel Mysteries of Dark Matter and Dark Energy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/nasas-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-launches-to-find-exoplanets",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Nasa launches Roman telescope on cosmic mapping mission",
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      {
        "outlet": "Bloomberg",
        "title": "NASA’s Roman Telescope Takes Aim at Cosmic Mysteries",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/nasas-roman-telescope-takes-aim-at-cosmic-mysteries",
        "published": "2026-08-30T12:28:56.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Discover Magazine",
        "title": "Roman Could Find Thousands of New Worlds — Here’s How the Telescope Hunts for Exoplanets",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/roman-could-find-thousands-of-new-worlds-heres-how-the-telescope",
        "published": "2026-08-30T12:30:00.000Z"
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