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NASA's Roman Space Telescope sees starlight for the first time
Original: NASA’s new Roman Space Telescope sees starlight for the first time
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has captured starlight for the first time, a key early test of its optics and instruments. The milestone marks progress for the wide-field observatory designed to survey vast stretches of the sky, study dark energy and hunt for exoplanets as it moves toward full science operations.
Why now: The first successful detection of starlight is a major milestone for a major new space observatory, drawing wide science and space-fan interest.
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