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Recent reporting, analysis and explainers from the dark energy desk.
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NASA has activated the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s Wide Field Instrument, a 300-megapixel infrared camera, and completed an initial test of its coronagraph. The observatory remains in commissioning, with first science images expected by early 2027.
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NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Aug. 30, 2026, for the launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket. The observatory will study dark energy, dark matter and planetary systems.
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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy on Aug. 30, beginning its three-month journey to its final orbit. The mission will study dark matter, dark energy and exoplanets while testing a coronagraph designed for future direct imaging of Jupiter-like planets.