{"id":214458,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/214458-launch-of-the-roman-space-telescope","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/214458","headline":"Launch of the Roman Space Telescope","content":"\u003cp\u003eNASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA new telescope has been launched into space to study the universe. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (RST) has the same size main mirror as the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) but sees 100 times more sky during each snapshot.  This is possible because when compared to HST, RST's main mirror is more curved, its secondary mirror is closer, and its main camera is larger.  The result is that RST can inspect more of the sky more quickly, likely allowing, among other capabilities, the discovery of many more supernovas which tell us more about the expansion rate and composition of our universe, and many more planets orbiting other stars that tell us more about the possibilities for life elsewhere in the universe. RST will orbit the Sun, not the Earth, like the James Webb Space Telescope.  The featured video shows Roman being launched yesterday from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.   APOD's main NASA site is moving: From apod.nasa.gov to science.nasa.gov/apod\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260831.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eWatch NASA's Astronomy Video of the Day\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","content_plain":"NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:\n\nA new telescope has been launched into space to study the universe. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (RST) has the same size main mirror as the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) but sees 100 times more sky during each snapshot.  This is possible because when compared to HST, RST's main mirror is more curved, its secondary mirror is closer, and its main camera is larger.  The result is that RST can inspect more of the sky more quickly, likely allowing, among other capabilities, the discovery of many more supernovas which tell us more about the expansion rate and composition of our universe, and many more planets orbiting other stars that tell us more about the possibilities for life elsewhere in the universe. RST will orbit the Sun, not the Earth, like the James Webb Space Telescope.  The featured video shows Roman being launched yesterday from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.   APOD's main NASA site is moving: From apod.nasa.gov to science.nasa.gov/apod\n\n\nWatch NASA's Astronomy Video of the Day","published_at":"2026-08-31T14:16:00-07:00","updated_at":"2026-08-31T14:16:00-07:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"Specola-","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/298285-specola"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with Specola on Kudos365. View their photo published Aug/31/2026 on Science - Tech - Astronomy. Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"photo","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/site/apod/video/video-image-4.png?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","categories":[{"name":"Science - Tech - Astronomy","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/986-science-tech-astronomy"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/214458-launch-of-the-roman-space-telescope","headline":"Launch of the Roman Space Telescope","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/site/apod/video/video-image-4.png?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Specola-","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/298285-specola"},"datePublished":"2026-08-31T14:16:00-07:00","subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Science - Tech - Astronomy","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/986-science-tech-astronomy"}]}}