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The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches to study dark matter and dark energy

After funding struggles and a name change, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been successfully launched.

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The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been launched after previous funding challenges and a recent name change. It will travel three months and cover roughly one million miles to reach the second Sun‑Earth Lagrange point (L2) beyond the Moon. From L2, the telescope will carry out an unprecedented survey of the universe, targeting dark matter and dark energy research.

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