Pakistan, April 22 -- NASA has unveiled its latest space observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which aims to create a detailed "atlas of the universe" and unlock some of the biggest mysteries in astronomy.

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The telescope was presented at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland and is expected to launch as early as September aboard a SpaceX rocket. The mission, which cost more than $4 billion and took over a decade to develop, is named after pioneering astronomer Nancy Grace Roman.

Scientists say the telescope will significantly expand humanity's understanding of the cosmos. With a field of view about 100 times larger than that of the Hubble S...