India, Aug. 31 -- NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has begun a three-month, million-mile journey to its final orbit with the mission to reveal the universe's darkest secrets.
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, carrying the highly powerful telescope costing approximately $4 billion, was launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday.
The Roman telescope will have a deep, panoramic view of the cosmos, generating never-before-seen pictures that will revolutionize human understanding of the universe.
Roman pairs a large field of view with crisp infrared vision to explore vast swaths of the sky and probe deeply into cosmic history. This flagship mission will help astronomers explore dark matter, dark energy, and worlds outs...