NASA's Roman Space Telescope will reveal the universe in a way the JWST and Hubble cannot
"The images it captures will be so large there is not a screen in existence large enough to show them.".
"The images it captures will be so large there is not a screen in existence large enough to show them."
The short version
- The multiple-image effect seen in this Hubble picture is produced by a process called gravitational lensing, a quirk of warped spacetime in which the gravitational field of a massive object bends and amplifies light from a background object.
- On the left, the Roman Space Telescope.
- NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is encapsulated in the payload fairing of its SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
What happened
The JWST's view of Neptune and its rings. The world looks so small when seen this way.
Why it matters
Simulated views of what a section of space would look like from the Rubin Observatory and the Roman Space Telescope.
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