NASA set to launch Roman telescope to map the universe

NASA is preparing to launch its Roman Space Telescope on Sunday aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, France 24 reports. The multi-year mission will map the cosmos with a field of view far wider than Hubble's, searching for exoplanets and supernovae while probing dark matter and dark energy. The telescope is named after Nancy Grace Roman, the astronomer known as the mother of Hubble.

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