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  "id": 4519539,
  "title": "NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Launches on Mission to Probe Hidden Universe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/nasas-roman-space-telescope-launches-on-mission-to-probe-hidden",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-30T22:53:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Sci.News",
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    "url": "https://www.sci.news/astronomy/roman-space-telescope-launch-15027.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was launched on August 30, 2026, at 7:26 a.m. EDT aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center. The $4.3 billion telescope, according to Universe Today, began a three-month journey to its operating post at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2), about 1.5 million km from Earth.\n\nThe telescope is designed to study distant planets, exploding stars, and black holes while surveying the universe. According to Daily Maverick, its mission is planned for five years, though it may have enough fuel for five additional years. The observatory will investigate cosmic enigmas such as dark energy and dark matter, test gravity at vast scales, and search for exoplanets.\n\nThe telescope's two mirrors were originally meant for a National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite project, but were repurposed for NASA's use. The space agency had originally scheduled liftoff for 2027, but the mission came in ahead of schedule and under budget, Universe Today reported.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Smithsonian",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-08-30T11:26:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Nasa launches Roman telescope on cosmic mapping mission",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/nasa-launches-roman-telescope-on-cosmic-mapping-mission",
        "published": "2026-08-30T12:10:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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"
      },
      {
        "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"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "NASA launches new space telescope",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/nasa-launches-new-space-telescope",
        "published": "2026-08-30T14:55:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "NASA launches Roman telescope on cosmic mapping mission",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/nasa-launches-roman-telescope-on-cosmic-mapping-mission-4468843",
        "published": "2026-08-30T17:27:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Nasa launches new space telescope able to see 100 times more than Hubble",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/nasa-launches-new-space-telescope-able-to-see-100-times-more-than",
        "published": "2026-08-30T18:53:53.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}