Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: In search of exoplanets and dark energy

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is NASA’s newest flagship observatory, launched in August 2026 on a primary 10-year mission to discover tens of thousands of previously unknown exoplanets and to investigate the source of mysterious dark energy. Equipped with a roughly 300-megapixel infrared camera, the powerful telescope will capture images of the universe that are thousands of times larger and more detailed than what the Hubble telescope is capable of. The telescope’s science mission is predicted to begin in late 2026 or early 2027.