Roman Space Telescope launches to explore the dark universe

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center. It is heading to the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point, one million miles from Earth. Equipped with a 300-megapixel infrared camera, Roman will survey vast cosmic regions rapidly. Its mission includes studying dark matter, dark energy, and searching for exoplanets. NASA received first data just...