{
  "id": 4429910,
  "title": "NASA’s new Roman telescope could find thousands of hidden worlds, probe forces of cosmos: ‘Weird, rare, unusual’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/nasas-new-roman-telescope-could-find-thousands-of-hidden-worlds-probe",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-30T13:16:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
    "slug": "hindustan-times-world-news",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/nasa-new-roman-telescope-could-find-thousands-hidden-worlds-probe-forces-of-cosmos-weird-rare-unusual-video-101788092800369.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "NASA's Roman Space Telescope, set to launch this week, promises to revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos. This $4.3 billion observatory, named after NASA's first chief astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, will scan the universe at an unprecedented speed, uncovering thousands of planets, billions of galaxies and stars. Its field of view is more than 100 times wider than Hubble's, allowing it to complete a Milky Way observation in a month that would take Hubble a century. Roman will focus on the Milky Way's galactic bulge, offering the deepest look into the galaxy's heart. It will also work alongside Hubble, the James Webb Space Telescope, the European Space Agency's Euclid spacecraft, and the National Science Foundation's Vera C. Rubin Observatory. Once it identifies new worlds, Webb's superior capabilities will enable scientists to study them in greater detail. Roman's infrared vision will allow it to detect light from celestial objects billions of years old, helping scientists delve into the universe's distant past. This could lead to the discovery of unusual celestial phenomena, challenging existing ideas about the structure of the universe.",
  "summary": "NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched on August 30, 2026, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The $4.3 billion telescope is headed to an observation point 1.6 million kilometers away, where it will join the James Webb Space Telescope. According to NASA science mission director Nicky Fox, it will take over three months to reach its destination.\n\nThe Roman Space Telescope is designed to survey the universe at unprecedented speed, with a field of view more than 100 times wider than that of the Hubble Space Telescope, as per The Korea Times and Live Mint. This will allow it to rapidly survey vast regions of space and identify rare and distant objects. The telescope is expected to find thousands of supernovae, tens of thousands of planets, billions of galaxies, and tens of billions of stars, as stated by Nicky Fox, as reported by The Korea Times and Associated Press.\n\nThe telescope's infrared camera is designed to carry out observations far faster than Hubble, and it will conduct an extensive survey of the Milky Way's central bulge, providing scientists with an unprecedented look into the crowded heart of our galaxy, according to Live Mint. Roman senior scientist Julie McEnery noted that the survey of the Milky Way galaxy will result in a catalog of 20 billion stars, as reported by Space.com.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "NASAs Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches in historic moment",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/nasas-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-launches-in-historic-moment",
        "published": "2026-08-30T11:31:50.000Z"
      }
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  },
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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."
}