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  "id": 4460946,
  "title": "NASA launches first telescope named after female scientist",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/nasa-launches-first-telescope-named-after-female-scientist-4460946",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-30T16:36:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deutsche Welle Science",
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    "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/nasa-launches-first-telescope-named-after-female-scientist/a-78565941?maca=en-rss-en-science-4552-rdf"
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  "account": "NASA has successfully launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a groundbreaking observatory named after a pioneering female scientist. The telescope, equipped with a massive field of view, is set to explore distant planets, exploding stars, and black holes, conducting observations far more quickly than its predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope. Launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket, the Roman Space Telescope is expected to reach its destination approximately one million miles away in about a month. With a budget exceeding $4 billion, the mission aims to generate over 500 terabytes of data annually, providing astronomers with unprecedented insights into the cosmos.",
  "summary": "The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, named after NASA's first Chief of Astronomy, has been launched into space. The telescope, which cost over $4 billion, was launched aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket operated by SpaceX from Cape Canaveral, Florida.\n\nAccording to NASA science mission director Nicky Fox, the telescope will investigate a wide range of cosmic phenomena, including black holes, exoplanets, and exploding stars. It is expected to find thousands of supernovae, tens of thousands of planets, billions of galaxies, and tens of billions of stars. The telescope will operate in a similar way to the Hubble Space Telescope but will be capable of surveying the sky far more quickly.\n\nThe Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will take approximately one month to reach its destination, roughly 1.6 million kilometers from Earth. Once there, it will start charting planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets, and explore dark energy, black holes, and other mysteries of the Universe. The first images are expected back on Earth in early 2027.",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/from-strange-worlds-to-rare-planets-nasas-roman-telescope-begins-its",
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        "title": "NASA launches Roman Space Telescope to explore hidden universe",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/nasa-launches-ksh558b-telescope-to-space",
        "published": "2026-08-30T14:20:14.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "NASA launches first telescope named after female scientist",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/nasa-launches-first-telescope-named-after-female-scientist",
        "published": "2026-08-30T16:36:00.000Z"
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