NASA’s Roman Space Telescope blasts off on SpaceX Falcon Heavy to unlock dark energy secrets

Mint - Aug 30, 2026

By mapping billions of galaxies and studying how they are distributed and how their distances change over time, scientists hope Roman will provide new clues about the expansion of the universe and the forces driving it.

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