NASA launches $4B Roman astronomical observatory to explore depths of space

NASA began a new mission to probe some of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics and cosmology with the launch on Sunday of the U.S. space agency's new flagship astronomical observatory, a repurposed spy satellite that will capture panoramic ‌views of the cosmos.

Its first images are expected to arrive in early 2027. NASA/John Kraus The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has officially launched on its mission to explore dark matter, dark energy and other mysteries of the universe. NASA's new space telescope, which is able to image swaths of the sky 100 times larger than what Hub

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope blasts off. | Photo: NASA / John Kraus After funding struggles and a name change, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been successfully launched. It will now make a three-month, one-million-mile journey to its orbit at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2) beyond the Moon.

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will study dark matter, dark energy and exoplanets after launching on SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket.

Scheduled to launch on Sunday aboard a SpaceX rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, this telescope is the US agency's most ambitious scientific mission since the James Webb Space Telescope in 2021.

Scheduled to launch on Sunday aboard a SpaceX rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, this telescope is the US agency's most ambitious scientific mission since the James Webb Space Telescope in 2021.

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Here are ways to follow the liftoff live.

The Roman Space Telescope will spend more than a quarter of its time staring at the Milky Way’s bulge, a star-packed central region of our galaxy that may swarm with small, rocky exoplanets

Astronomers will test equipment that, if it’s successful, will one day be crucial for discovering Earthlike planets.

As NASA prepares to make history this weekend with the launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope, expected to dramatically expand our view into the universe, President Trump today announced a new academy for the Space Force branch of the military. NBC News’ Tom Costello reports.