{
  "id": 4483691,
  "title": "NASA launches powerful Roman Space Telescope, a spy satellite turned to the stars",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/nasa-launches-powerful-roman-space-telescope-a-spy-satellite-turned-4483691",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-30T19:22:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Maverick",
    "slug": "daily-maverick",
    "url": "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-30-nasa-launches-powerful-roman-space-telescope-a-spy-satellite-turned-to-the-stars/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On August 30, NASA launched its new flagship astronomical observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The $4 billion mission, originally intended for a spy satellite program, will spend five years exploring cosmic mysteries such as dark energy, dark matter, exoplanets, and gravity. Collected in Lagrange Point 2, a million miles from Earth, Roman will survey our Milky Way galaxy in a month, compared to Hubble's century-long task.",
  "summary": "CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Aug 30 (Reuters) - NASA began a new mission to probe some of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics and cosmology with the launch on Sunday of the U.S. space agency's new flagship astronomical observatory, a repurposed spy satellite that will capture panoramic views of the cosmos.",
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        "title": "NASA launches powerful Roman Space Telescope, a spy satellite turned to the stars",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/nasa-launches-powerful-roman-space-telescope-a-spy-satellite-turned-4456647",
        "published": "2026-08-30T11:29:36.000Z"
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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."
}