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Explanation:A new telescope has been launchedinto spaceto study the universe.
TheNancy Grace RomanSpace Telescope has the same size main mirror as the Hubble Space Telescope but sees 100 times more sky during each snapshot.
This is possible because when compared to HST, RST’s main mirror ismore curved, its secondary mirror is closer, and itsmain camerais larger.
The result is thatRST can inspectmore of the sky more quickly, likely allowing, among other capabilities, the discovery ofmany more supernovaswhich tell us more about the expansion rate andcompositionof ouruniverse, andmany more planetsorbiting other stars that tell us more about the possibilities forlife elsewherein the universe.
RST willorbit the Sun, not the Earth, like the James Webb Space Telescope.
Thefeatured videoshows Romanbeing launched yesterday from Kennedy Space Center, Florida,USAaboard aSpaceXFalcon Heavyrocket.
APOD’s main NASA site ismoving:Fromapod.nasa.govtoscience.nasa.gov/apod Tomorrow’s picture:eclipse flight