NASA’s Roman telescope just opened its planet-hunting eye

Written and edited by the WorldPing NewsdeskPublished Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:21:30 UTCUpdated Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:21:30 UTCOriginal reporting: ScienceDaily

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NASA’s Roman Space Telescope has demonstrated remarkable pointing stability and given its powerful planet-imaging coronagraph its first look at the cosmos.

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NASA’s Roman Space Telescope has demonstrated remarkable pointing stability and given its powerful planet-imaging coronagraph its first look at the cosmos.
Reported by ScienceDaily and published Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:21:30 UTC.

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