NASA on Sunday is set to launch a next-generation telescope into space that’s expected to survey hundreds of millions of stars and billions of galaxies. Its findings could also unlock clues about dark energy and dark matter, and some of the universe’s biggest enigmas.
\n\nThe Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is slated to lift off Sunday at 7:26 a.m. ET from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The observatory will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
\n\nNASA will broadcast live coverage of the launch on its website and other platforms beginning at 6:20 a.m. ET.
\n\nOften compared to the iconic Hubble Space Telescope, the Roman observatory is expected to revolutionize humanity’s understanding of the universe — and our place in it.
\n\nThe telescope is designed to survey more of the sky than any space telescope before it. Over the course of its five-year mission, it is expected to capture panoramic views of the cosmos, study little-explored parts of the Milky Way and uncover more than 100,000 planets around other stars. Its study of dark matter and dark energy could also give scientists new insights into two of the most confounding puzzles in astronomy.
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